Ariel Traditional Cache
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The container although listed as small is 4"x6"x4" deep with a few
small items including a log book and pen. Shouldn't have much difficulty in finding this one.
This is number 4 in a series of 5
Ariel is the youngest of King Triton's seven daughters. She is shown as being adventurous and curious about the world of humans, a fascination which angers her father as merfolk are forbidden from making contact with the human world. Her best friend is a fish named Flounder, and she develops a close relationship with a crab named Sebastian. Ariel salvages human items and keeps them in a secret grotto as part of her collection.
Unfortunately for her, most of her knowledge of humans is through her collection, and her information regarding these names and functions of the items she has is almost wholly inaccurate thanks to her well meaning, but possibly demented friend Scuttle, a seagull she visits on the surface from time to time when she finds new human 'artifacts'. Her confusion regarding human objects works to win her the friendship and favor of the humans she meets, as they find her antics amusing.
Ariel saves the life of and falls in love with a human prince named Eric.She visits the sea witch, Ursula, to trade her voice to be human for three days in order to get a chance to win Eric's heart, not realizing that this agreement is part of Ursula's bigger plan to trap Ariel's father, King Triton. However, in return for the pair of legs, Ariel must give up her voice. Reluctantly, Ariel makes the deal with Ursula and gains a pair of legs; Sebastian and Flounder quickly take the drowning Ariel to the surface. She is naked except for her seashell top and Scuttle gives her a sail to wear as a dress. She is soon found by Eric and is taken back to his castle.Ariel almost manages to win the agreement by getting the "kiss of true love", but is stopped by Ursula's underhanded tactics.
On the third day, Ursula transforms herself into a human and uses a spell on Eric so he would marry her. When Ariel finds out about the wedding, she is devastated. After learning from Scuttle that the woman is Ursula in disguise, she and Flounder swim towards the wedding boat. The shell containing Ariel's voice is broken during a chaotic scene and Ariel's voice is returned. With her voice restored, Ariel and Eric are about to kiss but the sun sets and Ariel is transformed back into a mermaid.
Ursula takes Ariel back into the ocean where she is met by King Triton and Sebastian. Triton trades himself for Ariel, enabling Ursula to claim the trident. In the battle that follows, Eric destroys Ursula by ramming a derelict ship's splintered prow through her enlarged torso. Ariel is permanently transformed into a human by King Triton's magical trident.
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