SIDE 1 (Read as Flounder or Ariel) Hey, Ariel! There you are! Just look, Flounder! The sun, the sand... isnt it the most beautiful place you ve ever seen? I dunno, Ariel... Im not sure we ought to be up here. Don t be such a guppy! A guppy?!? Im as brave as you are! Im not afraid of anything What about sharks? Where?!? Oh, Flounder, you really are a guppy! I am not! Awww... (gives an affectionate pat on the head) You ll never guess what I found today. Look! (lifts up a large silver serving fork) Have you ever seen anything so wonderful in your entire life? Wow! Cool! What is it? I dont know... but I bet Scuttle will! Come on, I ll race you! Hey, wait for me!
SIDE 2 (Read as Flounder, Sebastian or Scuttle) Ariel! Are you okay? Oh child, what have you done? (After a moment, sits up and stares at her new legs in wonderment. Slowly and shakily she tries to stand, sticking her arms out for balance... then falls on her rear. flaps in.) Well, look who got beached! Hiya, Ariel! Wait theres something different aboutcha. Don t tell me its your hairdo, right? You ve been using the dinglehopper! ( shakes her head no. ) Nah? Hmm... I cant quite put my foot on it right now Shes got legs, you idiot! Ariel traded her voice to the Sea Witch to become human! Nah, kid! Not your beautiful pipes! ( nods. She opens her mouth, but no sound.) Ya see? Not a sound! What would her father say? I ll tell ya what her father d say: hed say hes gonna kill himself a crab, that s what hed say! Now she s got three days to make Prince Eric fall in love with her. And to prove it, hes gotta kiss her! The Prince? Well, I ll say!
SIDE 3 (Read as Prince Eric or Grimsby) Now, suppose I dont want to be King I swore an oath to your dear father on his death bed that Id turn you from a roustabout into a royal and have you married to a princess Ugh! by your next birthday, which is now just three days away! Did you ever try to take a princess sailing? Its a joke! Their dresses get caught in the rigging. And most of em cant even swim You know, theres more to a woman than her flutter kick. Our kingdom needs a queen! Where am I gonna find her, Grimbsy? A girl whos as carefree and alive as the sea itself. Where? ( stares out to sea.) Its too much to hope for, isnt it? Somewhere, out there... a girl whos a match for a guy like me? Perhaps youre not looking hard enough. Trust me, Grimsby when I come across the girl of my dreams, it ll hit me like lightning.
SIDE 4 (Read as Ursula or Ariel) Dont be shy, Ariel darling! I I shouldn t be here. Mother died because of you. Oh child... what happened to your dear mother was a terrible, unfortunate accident poor soul. An... accident? Of course! I did my very best to save her. You did? But Father told me The truth is that the ocean wasnt big enough for both your father and me, so he sent me here. And now I see he s driven you away, too... He doesnt understand me. Oh, but I do, dumpling. Were so very alike, you and I gals with ambition! Now tell me absolutely everything. Im in love with someone. A human. A prince, I hear. Quite a catch! Well, the answer is simple: you ve got to become human yourself! Can you do that? My dear, sweet child its what I live for: to help unfortunate merfolk like yourself. Poor souls with no one else to turn to...
SIDE 5 (Read as King Triton or Ariel) And now let me see... what did Scuttle call this one? Is it a ditty-whumper? A thumb-doodle? Whatever it is... Prince Eric held it in his own strong, beautiful human hands (An enraged bursts in.) Ariel! (taken aback by the collection of human stuff) What is all this?!? Daddy, theyre my Human junk! No, treasures! Did you save a human from drowning? He would ve died! That savage brute could have killed you! And its my job to keep you safe from harm. But he didnt frighten me. He made me feel... wonderful! Besides, I am not a child anymore! No? Well, you are certainly talking like one. He s a human youre a mermaid. It doesn t matter you dont understand! I wish mother were here! (takes a moment to recover from the low blow) Ariel, I miss your mother just as much as you do. But I am still the king. And you are not to go to the surface ever again. Am I clear?!? ( pauses for a moment of regret.) Im just trying to protect her, Sebastian.