FLOTSAM

Oh, Mistress of the Deep! You ve a visitor...

ARIEL

I don t know if

JETSAM

Now, now...

FLOTSAM

Mustn t get cold fins!

URSULA

Don t be shy, Ariel darling!

ARIEL

I  I shouldn t be here. Mother died because of you.

URSULA

Oh child... what happened to your dear mother was a terrible, unfortunate accident  poor soul.

ARIEL

An... accident?

URSULA

Of course! I did my very best to save her.

ARIEL

You did? But Father told me

URSULA

The truth is that the ocean wasn t big enough for both your father and me, so he sent me here. And now I see he s driven you away, too...

ARIEL

He doesn t understand me.

URSULA

Oh, but I do, dumpling. We re so very alike, you and I  gals with ambition! Now tell me absolutely everything.

ARIEL

I m in love with someone. A human.

URSULA

A prince, I hear. Quite a catch! Well, the answer is simple: you ve got to become human yourself!

ARIEL

Can you do that?

URSULA

My dear, sweet child  it s what I live for: to help unfortunate merfolk like yourself. Poor souls with no one else to turn to...