Far beneath the ocean waves,in the land of the merpeople,lived a lovely young mermaid named Ariel. Her home was an underwater palace. Although it was quite magnificent,she hardly ever spent time there. She preferred to go exploring with her little friend Flounder,the fish. Ariel loved to collect objects from the world above the sea. She and Flounder would swim in and out of sunken ships,picking up whatever caught the little Mermaid’s fancy…