As winter ended and spring
began the day Sara had been dreading finally arrived. The king from
the neighbouring country stopped by to visit and brought with him his lovely
daughter.
As soon as the prince saw her,
he rushed up and gazed into her eyes.
"You!" he exclaimed, "you are
the one who found me on the beach." And with that the couple quickly
fell in love and made plans to marry.
Sara's sisters had kept track
of her throughout her adventure in the human lands and were horrified to
think the dear little mermaid would die with the marriage of the happy
couple. So they swam down to make their own deal with the Witch of the
Sea; in exchange for their hair, the witch gave them a magical knife.
As Sara walked alone along the
beach one morning she saw her sisters out to sea. "Whatever happened
to your beautiful hair?" she asked sadly.
Her sisters replied, "We
traded it with the witch for a magical knife. You must kill the prince
with it and you will be returned to us as a mermaid under the sea. We
miss you so and don't wish to see you die!"
