Water Nymph

One moonlit night, the Little Water Nymph confesses to her father, the Water Sprite, that she has fallen in love with a man, a young Prince from the land who visits their forest lake. The Little Water Nymph now wants to become human. The Water Sprite tries to warn his daughter against this. When he fails, he advises her to seek the help of the witch. The witch will help her but she wants terrible things in return. When she becomes human, the Little Water Nymph will lose her voice and if she fails to win the Prince's eternal love she will become a will-o'-the wisp luring mortals to their ruin. Already transformed into a girl, the Little Water Nymph meets her Prince and he takes her to his castle. However, he is soon bored by her cold beauty he falls head over heels in love with the hot-blooded Princess. Rejected, the Little Water Nymph have to return to the depths of her lake. The only way to redeem her freedom would be to kill the man she loves. The Little Water Nymph, however, refuses this kind of redeem. The Princess mocks the Prince's feeling and the wretched youth goes back to look for his Little Water Nymph. He sees her at the lake, as a will-o'-the wisp, and trying to kiss her plunges to his death.