Mermay 2018, day 14

“Your ship sank, and you alone

did not give in to fate

Drop by drop, let your vitality return

The first drop will be strength

Joy will be in the second

The beautiful should not perish

The brave should not perish.

They should not, they should not die!”

inspired on a marvelous russian animation of Little Mermaid : Rusalochka (1968), directed by Ivan Aksenchuk. This short film is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful and faithful adaptations of Andersen’s tale ever. The song she sings for the prince starts specially at the 7th minute of the film