The Sea King had been a widower ''for many years, and'' his aged mother kept house for him.

She was a very wise woman and exceedingly proud of her high birth; on that account, ''she wore twelve; oysters on he tail'' ; others, also of high rank, were only allowed to wear six.

She ''was however, deserving'' of very great praise, especially for her care of the little sea-princess, her granddaughters.

She was however, deserving of very great praise, especially for her care of the little ''sea-princess, her granddaughters.''

They were six beautiful children, but the youngest was the prettiest of them all .... ; but, like all the others, she had no feet, and her body ''ended in a fishs tail.''

All day long they played in the great halls of the ''castle- or among'' the living flowers that grew out of the walls.

The ''fish swum up to the princesses'', ate out of their hands, and allowed themselves to be stroked.

The fish swum up to the princesses, ate out of their hands, and ''allowed themselves to be stroked.''

Outside the castle there was a beautiful garden, in which grew ''bright-red and darkblue flowers and blossoms like flames of fire.

Outside the castle there was a beautiful garden, in which grew bright-red and dark blue flowers and blossoms like flames of fire; ''the fruit glitters like gold'', and the leaves and stems waved to and fro continually.

Outside the castle there was a beautiful garden, in which grew bright-red and dark blue flowers and blossoms like flames of fire; the fruit glitters like gold, and the leaves and stems ''waved to and fro continually''.

In calm weather the sun could be seen, ''looking like the purple flower'', with the light streaming from the calyx.

Each of the young princesses had a ''little plot of ground on the garden'' where she might dig and plant as she pleased.

One arranged her flower bed into the form of a whale; another thought it better to ''make her's like the figure'' of a little mermaid.

But that of the youngest was round like the sun and contained ''flowers as red as his rays at sunset''.

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