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One mini-book shows what the mermaid's sisters saw during their trips to the surface, with pop-ups of jumping dolphins, flying swans, icebergs, children playing and a village.
The Reigning Prince of Pop-Up Books Alexandra Alter 2011
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Spooky's been making some really wonderful pendants from beach glass ( "mermaid's tears") I've collected since coming to Rhode Island.
"I see the walls, and see them fall." greygirlbeast 2010
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We lay there on the cobbles and pebbles, the icy sea lapping at out feet, and collected a double handful of mermaid's tears in no time at all.
"If looks could kill, they probably will..." greygirlbeast 2009
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Many have already pointed out that, at the rate the logo is evolving, it will soon be nothing but an extreme close-up of the mermaid's nose.
Why the new Starbucks logo frightens me Alexandra Petri 2011
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Strong, proud and human – no flipper for her, though her feet are draped with seaweed – this mermaid's jaw suggests the same patient indefatigability as that of the town she symbolises.
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I picked through the cobbles and pebbles for mermaid's tears, and then headed up into the dunes, just to dig about in the sand.
Eye Candy greygirlbeast 2009
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Yes, the epilogue is mostly about Susan the serpent-girl - but the shawl reminds me of the mermaid's new ability to shift from dryad to mermaid.
Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009
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Spooky's been making some really wonderful pendants from beach glass ( "mermaid's tears") I've collected since coming to Rhode Island.
"I see the walls, and see them fall." greygirlbeast 2010
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Strong, proud and human – no flipper for her, though her feet are draped with seaweed – this mermaid's jaw suggests the same patient indefatigability as that of the town she symbolises.
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She points out that "The Little Mermaid" is softened by Disney because Andersen has the sea witch cut the mermaid's tongue out.
Princess Delite Roger Sutton 2008
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