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In Andersen's unhappy telling, the mermaid spends a great deal of time watching her prince from afar. As in the Disney story, she is rendered mute (but more graphically so) by a sea witch.

Collin did not return Andersen's feelings, however, which "caused the author much suffering," in Collin's own words. Andersen wrote The Little Mermaid upon the news of Collin's marriage.