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Once upon a time, there was a mermaid with the most exquisite voice in the whole of the ocean.

Her name was Arya.

An Arya is a song in an opera show, so what could be more fitting for a mermaid with such a dazzling singing voice?

Arya was a very pretty, brightly coloured mermaid with long pink hair that trickled all the way down her back and skin that shimmered with an underwater glow.

Her big eyes were silver and Shauna's brightly as the moon's beams and her long, sequined fishtail was a soft, lilac colour.

Arya loved living in the ocean and whenever she wasn't busy singing on the sides of rocks or tending to the tiny fish around her, she loved to explore the humongous ocean she called home.

Arya had been to the Great Barrier Reef and dived down to inspect abandoned shipwrecks at the bottom of the seas.

She had explored Antarctica and admired the icebergs and glaciers that grew there and she had even wondered into a river or two that wound through the human towns on land.

Arya was a seeker of adventure and she was always keen to learn more about the big, bright, beautiful world that she lived in.

One night when the moon was full and the sky was black, Arya lay awake in her underwater home.

She tossed and turned in her watery bed but no matter how many imaginary dolphins she counted or how many slow, bubbly breaths she took, she just couldn't seem to drift off to sleep.

Arya looked out into the dark blue ocean and saw the outline of the silver moon glowing above the water surface.

Arya had never explored the ocean at night, perhaps tonight was the perfect opportunity to do so.

After a bit of extra swimming around and exploring, she might finally feel tired enough to fall asleep.

So Arya got up out of bed and headed back out into the nighttime waters of the ocean.

As Arya roamed, her eyes sparkled with wonderment as she admired the scene around her.

In the daytime, the sun shone down into the water, illuminating the ocean with a mystical golden glow that glimmered around her.

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