Once, a mermaid was very proud of her beauty. One day, while playing on the beach, the mermaid met a giantess. The giantess was huge with a yellow skin, big teeth and dirty hair. “Oh! You look awful,” the mermaid said to the giantess and laughed. The giantess was very angry. She said, “Mermaid, your beauty will soon be gone but had you been kind and good, it would have never left you.” The mermaid laughed and swam home. When the mermaid woke up the next morning, she looked into the mirror and said, “My skin is yellow!” The next day, the mermaid had big, dirty teeth. The third day, the mermaid’s hair turned matted and dirty. That was when the mermaid realised that the giantess had cursed her. She swam to the same beach and begged, “Please forgive me!” The giantess removed the curse, and the mermaid was never rude or mean again.
The Mermaid’s Beauty
