Google The Secret of the Mermaid Curse
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    And Lindsay started telling the story, "Once upon a time, in a far away kingdom, there lived a prince. He was so rich and handsome that all the girls wanted to marry him. But the prince was not interested on anyone of them. He was in love with the girl who he saw in the sea beneath the window of his majestic palace. Every night, he would hear her sing from the water and he would run to his window and look down on the beautiful long haired girl. She was so beautiful; the prince couldn't take his eyes off her, as she sings from the big rock she was holding beside her. He called out to her after she sang her song, "Hello, I'm Arnulfo!" his introduction to the beautiful girl floating in deep sea. But the girl did not answer him and left. Every night he waited again for the beautiful girl to appear and last on the seventh day he heard her sang 

once more. He run for the window and looked at the beautiful girl floating in the water. She looked and smiled at him as she sang from the side of the big rock.

            "What's your name?" he asked at the tough of his lungs looking down at the beautiful girl.

            Still she did not answer but she did not leave. So the prince hurried outside and jumped into the water from his window above. He dove. He submerged for a moment and when he emerged, he saw up close the most beautiful girl that he had ever seen in all kingdoms that he had ever been. He stared lovingly at the enchanting beauty in front of her.

            "I'm Amaya," the beautiful girl finally said.

            Suddenly, Arnulfo notice her tail and exclaimed, "You're a mermaid, I'm in love with a beautiful mermaid."

            The beautiful mermaid smiled at him and started 

swimming away looking back at the prince. The handsome prince swam and followed her. The beautiful mermaid swam and swam. The handsome prince swam and swam after her, until finally the mermaid stopped in shallow water of a beautiful island. He caught up with her and held her against him. I've been dreaming about you my beautiful mermaid and now that I finally have you in my arms, no one can stop me from..." he softly said and kissed her gently on her lips.

            The beautiful mermaid stared at the prince who was kissing him. It was her first kiss, slowly the prince stopped and smiled at her. "I love you my beautiful mermaid."

            From that day forward the two would meet on the island and be with each other the whole night. They loved each other like no one had ever loved before. The moon and stars were the sole witness of their undying love. They kept 

seeing each other every night on that beautiful island until one night the mermaid spoke. "Arnulfo, I can no longer see you. Our kingdom forbids a mermaid from loving a human being. And now that the king, my father had learned about our relationship, I must not see you. Good bye Arnulfo..." the beautiful mermaid finally said and swam away leaving the handsome prince in the island.

            But still the prince did not loss hope. He waited on his palace window, hoping to hear the beautiful singing voice of her beloved mermaid. He waited and waited every night but the mermaid never came. The handsome prince became lonelier and lonelier. He did not attend royal functions; he refused to date beautiful princesses from kingdoms near and far. And when can no longer bear his sadness, he rode his boat and drove it towards the ocean. When he reached the 

great ocean, he stood on his boat and shouted calling out the name of his beloved beautiful mermaid. "Amaya, I love you! I love you Amaya please come back to me...!" he screamed in the middle of the ocean. He stayed there for five days and five nights. He waited and waited without food or drink. He waited and waited, willing to give up his life just to see his beautiful mermaid by his side. And when he was at his weakest, finally the beautiful mermaid reappeared, she swam near him. With all her love, she held him in her arms. The prince opened his eyes and smiled at her. But he was too weak; he closed his eyes once more and slept. After two days, the prince finally opened his eyes once more in their beautiful island. The beautiful mermaid took good care of him for two days, feeding him from the fish she caught in the middle of the sea. "We must stay on land, or my father will 

find us. He vowed to kill you, if he sees you with me," the statement of the beautiful mermaid as she held her prince.

           "Come to my palace then and live with me my beautiful mermaid," was the loving offer of
the handsome prince to her beautiful mermaid. In fear of her father, the beautiful mermaid agreed. And after they got married secretly, the prince sneaked the beautiful mermaid inside the palace and inside his room. From that day, he had forbidden his servants from entering his royal room. The handsome prince and the beautiful mermaid lived happily and secretly inside the prince royal room. They lived happily for a long time until one day the secret of the prince was revealed in the whole kingdom. The king sent prince Arnulfo on a fake mission. And after he had left the king together with his knights, entered into the prince room and dragged the beautiful 

mermaid out. They took her in the middle of the town and tied here on a post for days. She was not given food or drink. And the villagers would stone her and humiliate her. They believed
that mermaids were abominations. With no food and water the beautiful mermaid became weaker and weaker waiting for her prince to come and rescue her. Until finally the prince arrived, and when he learned of what his father did to his beautiful mermaid he sneaked in the darkness of the night and rescued her from the middle of the town. He rode her weak body on a horse and hurried towards the mountains. But the king learned of these and together with his loyal knights, in their horses, they chased after the fleeing prince and mermaid until they caught up with them on a high cliff.