Nerida and Merida were two mermaids who were twins and were really bad swimmers. They couldn't keep up with the other mermaids in regards to swimming. Their uncle with the request of their parents tried to teach them the basics and help them do it step by step, but they just didn't learn how to swim!
One day their mother called them and asked them to be present in a meeting held in their home underwater, and said "Nerida, Merida! you two know swimming is important for mermaids, you have to learn it! You have to! You cant find food, you cant find your way around the water if you cant swim! Plus there is our enemy the humans who cant wait to get their hands on us! Avoid them at all cost and run away from them, plus I cant tell your father you cant swim, you have to learn it fast, otherwise he will be disappointed in you! "
Nerida and Merida got sad, ashamed and frustrated because they didn't know what to do! They didn't want to disappoint their father like that! They had to find a way to get better at swimming!
Nerida and Merida came to the surface of water and saw a human swimming instructor who was teaching people how to swim. An idea came to their mind. They decided to get help from him! they found out his name was Leo.
They didn't paid any attention to what their mother said about humans. They went towards him.
Leo was a good and skilled instructor. Nerida and Merida decided to show themselves to him. He was taken aback to see two identical mermaids. He couldn't believe his eyes. He tried to trap them and get them to shore to suffocate them, Nerida and Merida found out soon enough that help from humans is not on the cards for them! They lost trust in humans! they thought they are opportunist and unkind and believed now what their mother had told them!
Their time was ticking and they couldn't figure out what to do, until they decided that they didn't want to lose the battle! they relied on themselves and pushed through and learned how to swim all by themselves without the help of any creature! They helped each other learn and they taught each other what they knew about swimming.
"We are mermaids! we know about water better than any creature!" Nerida said to her sister.
"It's true, then we must learn!" Merida said.
They finally mastered swimming. Not only that, but they got motivated and learned how to sing songs as well!
"Oh, Yeah, that's the way to go!" Nerida said to her sister and her sister said the exact same thing to her.
Nerida and Merida got obsessed with learning new skills that this amazed their father, and he was a little intimidated as well and Nerida and Merida were happy about that because there was nothing more to prove to their father.
