That's aquamarine replied Melody pushing her glasses back on her nose It's called that because it's the colour of seawater In Latin aqua means water and marine is just another word for sea Latin what's that You're so irl clever Melody said Rosa how do you know all these things All I know is that it will make a wonderful necklace Will you hold 10
this strand of silver seaweed please so that I can tie it in place Melody held the delicate strand whilst Rosa threaded the gemstone on There she said holding it up perfect All the mermaids were skilled at 11
making jewellery and they loved dressing up The Spring Ball gave them the perfect excuse Do you remember last year's ball said Jasmine Myrtle and Muriel were determined to arrive in style so they persuaded a dolphin to pull their carriage It swam at top speed and took a short cut 12
through Five Fathom Forest When they arrived Myrtle's top was torn to tatters and Muriel's tiara was bent out of shape They thought everyone was laughing at them they were furious for weeks Myrtle and Muriel were two older mermaids They were always being 13
