to another direction and lit another torch with the torch she was carrying. And finally the room turned bright, so bright and Alexander finally saw the big white statute of the wishing mermaid. It looked smooth on the surface and was standing on top of big rounded platform. Alexander looked at it for a moment, and then looked alternately at the two girls beside him.

         "Yeah, that's indeed a beautiful mermaid statute. But it looks just a statue, just like the statutes that I had seen in my travels," the comment of Alexander looking carefully at the big mermaid statue in front of him.

         The two girls did not reply. So wondering Alexander walked forward and approached it just inches from the platform it was standing. He looked at it once more for a