Chisai Ningyo Hime (Kadokawa Bunko a 4-2 Anderusen Dowa Shu)

[Machine Translation] The night the beautiful mermaid turns 15 and goes out to sea for the first time, she is on a ship celebrating the birthday of a beautiful prince. Falling in love at first sight, the mermaid asks a witch to give her a human foot in exchange for a beautiful voice. If she cannot marry the prince, she will disappear into the sea foam, and she meets him again... In addition to the title story, which she wrote with tears in her eyes many times, this collection includes 12 of her best-known early stories, including "The Little Mermaid," "The Barefoot King," "The Tin Soldier," "The Swan in the Field," and "The Nightingale.

15歳になった美しい人魚姫がはじめて海の上へと出た夜、船では美しい王子の誕生日を祝っていた。一目で恋に落ちた人魚姫は、魔女に頼み、美しい声と引き替えに人間の足を手に入れる。王子と結婚できなければ、海の泡と消えてしまう人魚姫は、王子に再会し...。幾度も涙を流しながら執筆したという表題作のほか、「親指姫」「はだかの王さま」「しっかりもののすずの兵隊」「野の白鳥」「ナイチンゲール」など、初期代表作を12話収録。