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  • You must not think about that.

  • Hey, I'm Sapphire.

  • Wanna hear something scary?

  • (dark electronic music)

  • Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, a day that brings joy to many

  • and misery to others, and in honor of this holiday,

  • I wanted to share one of my favorite stories

  • about the scary things love makes us do.

  • This is an abridged version of Hans Christian Andersen's

  • famous tragic tale, The Little Mermaid.

  • Far out in the ocean, the water is as blue as the petals

  • of the loveliest corn flower,

  • and as clear as the purest glass.

  • But it is very deep too.

  • It goes down deeper than any anchor rope will go,

  • and many, many steeples would have to be stacked

  • on on top of another to reach from the bottom

  • to the surface of the sea.

  • It is down there that the sea folk live.

  • There was the sea queen, along with her granddaughters,

  • the sea princesses.

  • They were six lovely girls, but the youngest

  • was the most beautiful of them all.

  • Her skin was as soft and tender as a rose petal,

  • and her eyes were as blue as the deep sea.

  • But like all the others, she had no feet.

  • Her body ended in a fish tail.

  • The little mermaid loved hearing stories about

  • the human world above.

  • Her grandmother told her all she knew about ships

  • and cities and of people and animals.

  • The flowers were fragrant up there.

  • For those at the bottom of the sea had no scent.

  • "When you are 15," her grandmother said,

  • "you will be allowed to rise up out of the ocean

  • "and sit on the rocks in the moonlight

  • "to watch the great ships sailing by."

  • On her 15th birthday, the little mermaid rose up

  • to the surface and watched a birthday celebration

  • being held on a ship in honor of a handsome prince.

  • She watched in awe as he laughed and smiled

  • and shook people by the hand, while the music rang out

  • in a perfect evening.

  • She couldn't take her eyes off of him.

  • (thunder crashes) Then a violent storm hit,

  • sinking the boat.

  • The little mermaid swam towards the sinking prince,

  • and pulled him ashore.

  • He laid there unconscious near a temple.

  • She waited from a distance until a young woman

  • from the temple found him.

  • The prince regained consciousness and mistook

  • the temple woman for his rescuer.

  • He never even saw the little mermaid.

  • Distraught, she dove back into the ocean.

  • "If men aren't drowned," the little mermaid asked

  • her grandmother, "do they live on forever?"

  • "They too must die and their lifetimes

  • "are even shorter than ours.

  • "We can live to be 300 years old but when we perish,

  • "we turn into mere foam on the sea.

  • "We have no immortal soul.

  • "Human beings, on the contrary,

  • "have a soul which lives forever,

  • "long after their bodies have turned to clay.

  • "It rises through thin air up to the shining stars.

  • "Just as we rise through the water to see

  • "the lands on earth, so men rise up

  • "to beautiful places unknown, which we shall never see."

  • "I would gladly give up my 300 years if I could be

  • "a human for a day and later share in that heavenly round--"

  • "You must not think about that.

  • "We are much better off than the folk up there."

  • The little mermaid, longing for the prince

  • and an eternal soul, visited the sea witch

  • in a dangerous part of the ocean.

  • The witch willingly sold her a potion

  • that would give her legs, in exchange for

  • her tongue and beautiful voice.

  • She warned her that once she became a human,

  • she will never be able to return to the sea.

  • And she will only obtain a soul if she won

  • the love of the prince and married him.

  • Otherwise, at dawn on the first day after

  • he marries someone else, the little mermaid would die

  • with a broken heart and dissolve

  • into sea foam upon the waves.

  • After she agreed to the arrangement, the little mermaid

  • swam to the surface near the prince's palace

  • and drank the potion.

  • The liquid felt like a sword piercing through her body,

  • and she passed out on the shore, naked.

  • When she came to, the prince was standing above her.

  • He asked her where she came from, but she couldn't speak.

  • He pulled her up and for the first time,

  • she saw her two new human legs.

  • He walked her back to his palace to give her clothes,

  • but every step she took was agony.

  • It felt like she was stepping on knives.

  • It was horribly unpleasant, but she knew this was

  • part of the bargain.

  • Over time, the little mermaid and the prince

  • became great friends, but unfortunately, nothing more.

  • When the prince's parents encouraged their son to marry,

  • he asked for the temple woman's hand,

  • for he thought she was the one who rescued him

  • after the storm.

  • So the little mermaid had no choice but to silently witness

  • the prince marry his new bride aboard a wedding ship.

  • After the ceremony, she looked to the east to see

  • the first red hint of daybreak, for she knew that

  • the first flash of the sun would strike her dead.

  • Then, she saw her sisters rise up among the waves.

  • There was no sign of their lovely long hair

  • that the breezes used to blow.

  • It had all been cut off.

  • "We have given our hair to the witch," they said,

  • "so that she would send you help

  • "and save you from death tonight.

  • "She gave us this knife.

  • "Before the sun rises, you must strike it into

  • "the prince's heart and when his warm blood

  • "bathes your feet, they will grow together

  • "and become a fish tail.

  • "Then you will be a mermaid again

  • "and you can come back to us in the sea

  • "and live out your 300 years.

  • "Hurry."

  • "Get back to us, sister."

  • "We miss you."

  • The little mermaid entered the prince's room

  • where he and his bride lay fast asleep.

  • Slowly, she raised the magic blade above his head,

  • and she heard him speak his bride's name in his sleep.

  • The blade fell from her trembling hands.

  • "The prince's happiness is my happiness.

  • "Goodnight, sweet prince."

  • She walked back outside, stood on the edge of the ship,

  • and threw herself into the ocean, just as dawn broke.

  • Her body dissolved into foam, but instead of

  • ceasing to exist, she turned into a luminous

  • and ethereal earth-bound spirit, a daughter of the air.

  • Because of her selflessness, she was given the chance

  • to earn a soul and after 300 years of good deeds

  • to humanity, she will rise up

  • to where no mermaid had been before.

  • If you love this story, I highly recommend watching

  • the 1975 animated film from Toei Animation,

  • and I dare you not to cry.

  • Like this video if it gave you the chills,

  • and don't forget to subscribe to Snarled

  • and our sister channels, Hissy Fit and Slay Tricks.

  • If you or anyone you know have any unique

  • paranormal experiences, send me an e-mail at

  • somethingscary@snarled.com.

  • And I might animate your story, even if it doesn't fit in

  • with the current theme, it might fit one in the future.

  • And if your story doesn't make it into an episode,

  • tune into my weekly livestream every Wednesday

  • and I might read it live.

  • If you dare, follow me on Instagram and Twitter

  • @awkwardsapphire.

  • Until next time, sweet dreams.

You must not think about that.

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