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One of the most important scenes from 'Lily the Little Mermaid,' the sea witch Sharla, convinces Lily to take her dodgy deal to become human for four days, in exchange for her voice and tail.

‘My dear sweet child, you’re asking ME that question?’ Sharla cooed, as she swam around Lily, ‘it’s what I do! It’s what I LIVE for! It’s my true calling in life and what gets me up in the morning each day!

To help poor, unfortunate merfolk like you, those poor souls with no-one else to turn to and I can help you get your man, pufferfish since dear old Mummy is standing in the way of you two being together.’

Sharla then started to sing as she swam around her lair and Lily, who was still frozen on the spot, watching the shark-woman in both awe and fear,

‘I admit that in the past I’ve been a nasty,’ Sharla sang, ‘they weren’t kidding when they called me, well a witch.

‘And that’s something I can’t deny,’ she muttered under her breath,

‘But you’ll find that nowadays, I’ve mended all my ways, repented, seen the light and made a switch.

True? Yes!’

‘And I fortunately know a little magic. It’s a talent that I always have possessed,’ Sharla sang as she swam over to her large cauldron that was in the middle of the chamber and opened it, as she said another cutting remark about Daisy,

‘And what does your mother have? A silly old sceptre!’ as she created an image in the cauldron of a very overweight mermaid and a very skinny wimpy-looking merman and they both had miserable expressions on their faces, clearly not happy with the way they looked.

‘Now, lately dear and please don’t you laugh, I use it on behalf of the miserable, lonely and depressed.’

‘How pathetic,’ Sharla whispered to Teale and Neale before continuing,

‘Poor unfortunate souls, in pain, in need. This one longing to be thinner, that one wants to get the girl and do I help them?’

Sharla then snapped her fingers and in an instant, the merman became muscular and the mermaid became thinner and they joyfully swam into each other’s arms, happy with their new forms and finding love.

‘Yes, indeed! Those poor unfortunate souls, so sad, so true. They come flocking to my cauldron, crying ‘Spells, Sharla please!’ and I help them!

Yes I do!

Now, it’s happened once or twice, someone couldn’t pay the price and I’m afraid I had to rake them across the coals,’ Sharla sang as she waved her hand and showed the downside to her spells as the poor merpeople were transformed into the creatures that resembled the ones in the passageway which made Lily flinch as the polyps moaned again before being shushed by Sharla’s steely glare.

Undeterred, Sharla continued singing as she pulled a streamer from the roof and wore it like a headscarf while Teale and Neale flittered around her, like back-up dancers for a singer at a concert,

‘Yes, I’ve had the odd complaint or two but on the whole, I’ve been a saint.

To those poor unfortunate souls!’

Chapter 9: Deal with the Sea Witch, Lily the Little Mermaid.

Description
One of the most important scenes from 'Lily the Little Mermaid,' the sea witch Sharla, convinces Lily to take her dodgy deal to become human for four days, in exchange for her voice and tail.

‘My dear sweet child, you’re asking ME that question?’ Sharla cooed, as she swam around Lily, ‘it’s what I do! It’s what I LIVE for! It’s my true calling in life and what gets me up in the morning each day!

To help poor, unfortunate merfolk like you, those poor souls with no-one else to turn to and I can help you get your man, pufferfish since dear old Mummy is standing in the way of you two being together.’

Sharla then started to sing as she swam around her lair and Lily, who was still frozen on the spot, watching the shark-woman in both awe and fear,

‘I admit that in the past I’ve been a nasty,’ Sharla sang, ‘they weren’t kidding when they called me, well a witch.

‘And that’s something I can’t deny,’ she muttered under her breath,

‘But you’ll find that nowadays, I’ve mended all my ways, repented, seen the light and made a switch.

True? Yes!’

‘And I fortunately know a little magic. It’s a talent that I always have possessed,’ Sharla sang as she swam over to her large cauldron that was in the middle of the chamber and opened it, as she said another cutting remark about Daisy,

‘And what does your mother have? A silly old sceptre!’ as she created an image in the cauldron of a very overweight mermaid and a very skinny wimpy-looking merman and they both had miserable expressions on their faces, clearly not happy with the way they looked.

‘Now, lately dear and please don’t you laugh, I use it on behalf of the miserable, lonely and depressed.’

‘How pathetic,’ Sharla whispered to Teale and Neale before continuing,

‘Poor unfortunate souls, in pain, in need. This one longing to be thinner, that one wants to get the girl and do I help them?’

Sharla then snapped her fingers and in an instant, the merman became muscular and the mermaid became thinner and they joyfully swam into each other’s arms, happy with their new forms and finding love.

‘Yes, indeed! Those poor unfortunate souls, so sad, so true. They come flocking to my cauldron, crying ‘Spells, Sharla please!’ and I help them!

Yes I do!

Now, it’s happened once or twice, someone couldn’t pay the price and I’m afraid I had to rake them across the coals,’ Sharla sang as she waved her hand and showed the downside to her spells as the poor merpeople were transformed into the creatures that resembled the ones in the passageway which made Lily flinch as the polyps moaned again before being shushed by Sharla’s steely glare.

Undeterred, Sharla continued singing as she pulled a streamer from the roof and wore it like a headscarf while Teale and Neale flittered around her, like back-up dancers for a singer at a concert,

‘Yes, I’ve had the odd complaint or two but on the whole, I’ve been a saint.

To those poor unfortunate souls!’

Chapter 9: Deal with the Sea Witch, Lily the Little Mermaid.