海的女儿 英文简介要稍微简短点的

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In the far, deep ocean, there was the castle of Sea King. He had been alone for many years. His mother helped him_ She was a wise woman, especially for her care of her grand-daughters. They were six beautiful children, but the youngest was the prettiest of them all. Like her sisters, her feet were a fish’s tail.
After three hundred years, thus shall we float into the kingdom of heaven,” said she. “And we may even get there sooner,” whispered one of her companions. “Unseen we can enter the houses of men, where there are children, and for every day on which we find a good child, who is the joy of his parents and deserves their love, our time of probation is shortened. The child does not know, when we fly through the room, that we smile with joy at his good conduct, for we can count one year less of our three hundred years. But when we see a naughty or a wicked child, we shed tears of sorrow, and for every tear a day is added to our time of trial!”