The girl
who cried
mermaid
By: Brielle Harris
Once upon a time there was
a girl named Anna. She lived
along the beach in Ballito. She
used to go for walks on the
seashore.
She had no friends and was
often very lonely. One day as
she was sitting on the rocks at
the beach, she screamed
mermaid, mermaid.
All the people came running
to see the mermaid. She
giggled and ran away as she
was lying, there was no
mermaid. The elders were
very angry
Days went by and she went
on her daily walks on the
beach. Suddenly Anna
exclaimed mermaid!
mermaid! mermaid!
All the people came running
towards the shore to see the
mermaid and all Anna did was
to giggle and run away. The
people were angry and walked
away.
One afternoon she was
walking her dog at the beach.
There were playing catch, she
threw a stick and her dog ran
after it, as he ran a mermaid
appeared and grabbed her
dog. Anna screamed help
mermaid, and no-one came.
Everyone thought Anna was
lying again.
The mermaid took her dog,
and no-one came to help her
because she was always lying
about seeing a mermaid. That
was the last time Anna lied.
The moral of the story
is to not tell lies
because no-one will
believe you when you
eventually tell the
truth.