True to her word, Ariel prepared herself for the festival. She combed her hair and put a цветок in her hair for her ornament. She looked еще beautiful than ever, and the other Русалки envied her when she entered into the Mistress' royal hall. Citrine, Vermillion, and Noire, the three Русалки who jeered at her when they bathed at Misty Falls, wanted to approach her and gave her еще annoying digs, but Ariel wouldn't let them. She was quickly surrounded by the mermen, who thought her the prettiest mermaid in the festival and did not want to lose a chance of talking to her.
But when the Mistress...
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