... letting a toad eat out of her mouth just as we might feed sugar to a little canary bird. She called the ugly fat water snakes her little chickabiddies, and let them crawl and sprawl about on her ... your courage? Stick out your little tongue and I shall cut it off. I'll have my price, and you shall have the potent draught.""Go ahead," said the little mermaid.The witch ... told his little mermaid. "My fondest dream - that which I never dared to hope - has come true. You will share in my great joy, for you love me more than anyone does."The little mermaid...