Preface

This story is a fractured fairy tale with the stories combined from The little Mermaid written by Hans Christian Anderson, and Goldilocks and The Three Bears, originally written by Robert Southey.

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There once was a mermaid named Aria and she was the Princess of the sea. Aria likes to go on many adventures but her favorites are with her best friend, Finny the Fish. Aria asked Finny if he would like to go on another adventure with her, only this she asked him if he wanted to go on a treasure hunt to search for three pearls that were located in the forbidden zone of the Sea.

Finny told Aria "you know we are not supposed to go to the forbidden area of the sea! Everyone says that it is the most dangerous place, why on Earth would you want to go there?" Aria said, "Because everyone says that if you can find the pearl that's just the right size, all of your dreams will come true! We must not let this opportunity pass and we must not tell anyone where we are going. Are you going to come along?" Aria asked and Finny agreed. The next day as all of their family members fell asleep, Aria and Finny swam off into the night to search for the magical pearl that was going to make all their dreams come true and make them the happiest creatures in the entire sea.

Their first stop was to find a map so they could figure out where the pearls were located in the Forbidden part of the sea. They ran into a crab and found out that he had just the map they were looking for, but he advised them not to go.

"But we are looking for the pearls that hold the magic that make all your dreams come true." Aria said." Those pearls are the property of The Three King Clams, and they refuse to let anyone look at them let alone take them for their own personal wishes!" laughed the crab."Well we must meet them and try to convince them that we are worthy of this wish." said Aria. The crab remembered what it was like to be so young and curious, and without thinking that they would make it, he gave them the map.

Once Aria and Finny bought the map, everything seemed to be going wrong. They ran into the path of a school of sharks and had to hide underneath a sunken ship for an hour while they passed. Then they got tangled in an overgrown seaweed patch and spent a long time trying to untangle themselves. When they were finally getting tired and ready to rest, They came across a sign that said "FORBIDDEN AREA, HOME OF THE THREE KING CLAMS, DO NOT ENTER!" in big letters. This made Aria and Finny uneasy, so they came up with the plan to watch the home of the Three King Clams and wait for them to leave so they could sneak into their home and find the magical pearl.

It took the Three King Clams a long time before they would leave their home next. While Aria and Finny were falling asleep, they heard the Three King Clams door slam shut while the largest king clam said "we must not be gone long, the guard shark is getting tired and we must get the supplies we need before we run out!" The smallest king clam said "we must hurry we have about an hour before he is to fall asleep." So the Three King Clams ran off in the distance making sure all of the gates were locked behind them.

Aria and Finny watched in amazement as they thought the Clams would be must bigger in size although still scary looking. They also wondered how they were going to get into their home while they were away.

As Aria and Finny crept up to the property, they noticed that their was a guard shark that was swimming back and forth the gate to make sure that no intruders got in. They wondered how they were going to get the key to get in, let alone get passed the guard shark. Then Finny had an idea.

"I know!" he said. "We can get the guard shark to sleep by giving him a lot of food to eat. Then he will get tired and fall asleep quicker, I think we can use your hair piece to put in the lock and pry it open." So the two went off to find food so he would fall asleep to give them more time to get onto the property and get into the home of the Three King Clams.

Once the guard shark was asleep and the last lock pried open, Aria and Finny walked into the Three King Clams home with a look of surprise. Unlike the outdoors that was guarded by a shark and looked very unwelcoming, the indoors was warm and inviting and looked as though a family had lived there. They went into the living room where they found a shelf that contained three boxes that held the three pearls. There was a lock on each of the boxes and there were no keys to be found. They could not be pried open with the hairpiece like the gates and door. Aria looked all over the house and found the keys stuffed away in the box that was underneath the bed.

Aria and Finny had opened the biggest box first and decided that the first box contained a pearl that was much too big, and the color was not right. Then they opened the second box where the pearl inside was a little too big and not enough white. They were just about to open the last and smallest box when they heard the door swing open....

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Preface

This story is a fractured fairy tale with the stories combined from The little Mermaid written by Hans Christian Anderson, and Goldilocks and The Three Bears, originally written by Robert Southey.

Enjoy!

Preview audio:

storyj.mp/agmvym6gqwt9