The Other Mermaid (Intermediate)

Alejandrita is trapped. She lives in a human city, but she is a mermaid--a fish woman. By day she is a statue, and by night she is free to swim around the pond. But she longs to get back to the ocean. To do so, she will have to get the help of someone whose kind has hurt her in the past: a wizard.

Today's story is The Other Mermaid. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Mermaid for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate Genre: Romance New Vocabulary: Mermaid, Curse, Wizard, Juggle, Cast a spell, Wallow in self-pity, Shipwreck, Octopus, Tentacle, Spin (movement) Setting: Modern Word Count: 3328 Author: Fairy Tales

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