enjoy the beautiful views above them and breathe. But the mermen living inside the magical blue palace didn't have to go to the surface, inside the palace they could breathe the air that humans breathe.

          Young Raphael wasn't a prince for there was no prince in the kingdom but the king made sure that his mermen treat him like one. King Leonardo took good care of him like he was his own son. The sight of the young Raphael swimming and playing around the shallow sea water inside the kingdom made the king smiled and laughed making him dearer to the heart of the king. For King Leonardo Raphael was the son he never had. In an under the sea school near the magical blue palace Raphael studied with other young mermen. Raphael studied and played with his new young mermen friends and