The Little Mermaid
David Walliams reads Hans Christian Andersen most famous fairy tale: "The Little Mermaid". At the bottom of the ocean lives the sea king, his old mother and his six daughters. They live in a beautiful castle, surrounded by a big garden, of which each daughter has a small corner to take care of. The little mermaid, the youngest and most beautiful of the princesses, likes nothing more than stories about men and in her garden she has a marble statue of a handsome boy, which had sunk down below after a shipwreck. On the day of their fifteenth birthday, each young mermaids is allowed to swim up to the surface and see the world above. Each time one of her sisters returns, the little mermaid listens avidly to theirs stories and waits impatiently for her turn. But when the time finally comes, the little mermaid is faced with a choice that will change her life forever.
David Walliams is a British actors and writer famous his roles in the BBC comedy series "Little Britain" and "Come Fly With Me" as well as for appearing on "Britain's Got Talent".
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David Walliams is a British actors and writer famous his roles in the BBC comedy series "Little Britain" and "Come Fly With Me" as well as for appearing on "Britain's Got Talent".
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( AN-dər-sən; Danish: ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish writer. A prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is also best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. They have become embedded in Western collective consciousness, accessible to children as well as presenting lessons known for their virtue. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and "Thumbelina." Andersen's stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.
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