Under the sea and thru the looking glass shell, the little mermaid watched the scenes of life in the sea a hundred years in the future. Wishing that she could cavort with the friendly creatures she saw there, she sighed and wondered what they were. These smiling creature so full of play, mystified her. Long hours she sat switching her tail and laughing happy bubbles as she watched the joyous antics of the fishy looking ones.

One day, just by chance, she happened to be at the shell when the caretaker came to clean the glass. The caretaker, being a very busy person, didn't notice until it was too late that the mermaid had slipped under the glass and was thru to the other side. Scolding her for upsetting the balance, he demanded that she return at once to her side of the glass. With a flick of her tail and a happy smile, she looked at him over her shoulder as she swam away. Delighting in the freedom to follow the cheerful creatures she had spent so many hours watching, she was in awe of all the strange and wonderful new sights.

The creatures gathered round her and welcomed her to their group. Off they set to show their new friend all the wonders of their world. They swam beside her or ahead of her frolicking in the water. They showed her the old sunken cities and wrecked ships. They showed her the caves and the deep holes where even they didn't venture. They took her close to shore to see the great land cities there and the lonely cottages also.

Farther and farther away from the glass she swam. Soon, she came to a very lonely shore with a small cottage perched on a high crag of land that jutted out over the sea. She climbed onto an exposed rock to ook at the quaint home. There was a light shining in the window and a shadow was forming in it's glow. The shadow moved away from the window and a door openned. The shadow moved thru the doorway and out onto the cliff. As she wtched the shadow took on a shape, the shape was vaguely familiar to her. At least she could remember hearing tales of the other merpeople finding this type of creature in the sea.

The creature moved back into the cottage and soon the light went out. All was silent so she dove back into the water and went in search of her friends! Through the following days she thought about the cottage and the creature there. But as luck would have it she soon arrived back at the glass. She had wanted to avoid that area as much as she could because she didn't want to go back to her side of the glass.