Tallulah Mermaid of the Great Lakes By Denise Brennan-Nelson Illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung Ac c o r d i n g to ancient mythology every mermaid ha s a s p e c i a l g e mstone h i d d en somewhere in the sea Once a merma i d f t p o wers t h e s ame color as the stone and she will acquire h e r m a g i on H e r p owers are used to help fisherman and frei g h t e r s d u r i n g s torms s a f e g uard treasures in sunken ships maintain l i g h t h o u s e s a n d awaken imaginations with enchanting mel o d i e s inds i h e r t a i l will take c al
In the blue shallow water of the sea a group of young mermaids splashed in the waves Their tails shimmered in the summer sun hinting at the jeweled colors they would soon become But when Tallulah waved her dull gray tail back and forth to catch the sunlight it didn’t sparkle and the other mermaids giggled Tallulah quickly hid her tail in the water
