Step 1:

1. Name* 
2. Color
3. Color
4. Color
5. Verb
6. Sea Creature
7. Verb ending in -ing
8. Sea Creature – plural
9. Verb ending in -ing
10.  Adjective
11. Piece of Jewelry*
12.  Adjective
13.  Sea Creature
14.  Adjective
15. Adverb (ends in -ly)
16.  Adjective
17.  Type of food
18.  Type of food*
19.  Type of dessert
20.  Adjective
21.  Number
22.  Adjective
    
    * denotes that this word will be used more than once in our story 🙂

Step 2:

Once upon a time, there was a mermaid named _1_. She had _2_ hair, _3_eyes, and a beautiful _4_ tail. She loved to _5_ with her _6_ friends and could also often be found _7_ with the _8_.

One day while _9_, she spotted something sparkly in the sand! As she swam in for a closer look, she discovered it was a _10_  _11_, but it was being guarded by a _12_  _13_. 

He told her the jewelry was enchanted, and that he’d be willing to part with it if she brought him a _14_ dinner! She _15_ agreed to the quest and set off to gather the perfect supper. 

First she swam to the _16_-est part of the ocean, where she found plenty of _17_at the ocean floor market. Next she surfaced in the _18_ forest, where she knew she could always find _18*_ growing on the magical bush at the water’s edge. Her last stop was the candy kingdom, where she picked up _19_ for dessert!

As the sun was setting, she made it back to the _13 (again)_ guard, and offered him a picnic basket full of _20_ food. His eyes grew big and his mouth watered as the heavenly smell of food wafted towards him. 

He gobbled down the supper in _21_ seconds flat then thanked the mermaid for the _22_ meal.

He handed over the _11*_ and mermaid _1*_ promised to use the magic only for good. And they lived happily ever after!

The End!