Welcome to Disney's Magic of Storytelling podcast, brought to you by Wake Med Children's,

because inside every child is a story waiting to be told.

Our storyteller is ABC 11 news anchor Barbara Gibbs.

The Little Mermaid, the tambourine dance. Ariel loved the market.

There was always something new to see.

One day she saw dancers.

This is our traditional tambourine dance, one of the girls announced.

Come learn how to do it. I'll be teaching a class tomorrow. Bring a tambourine dance, one of the girls announced. Come learn how to do it. I'll be teaching a class tomorrow.

Bring a tambourine. Ariel told Scuddle about it later. I'm going to my first dance class, she said.

I want to be like the girls at the market. They had something called a tambourine. It made the

loveliest sound. Do you know where I can get one? A tambourine is a kind of

fruit, said Scuddle. You could find one at the fruit cellar. Thanks, Scuddle. You know everything,

Ariel said. Later that day, Ariel went straight to the fruit cellar. One tambourine, please,

she said. No tambourines here. Try the music

store. Ariel walked across the street and found something that looked like what the girls had in

the market. It sounds like shells clinking together in the ocean, she said to the shopkeeper.

Ariel purchased the instrument and ran to show Scuttle. Scuttle, Ariel called.

This is a tambourine. Of course, that's what I meant, he said. The girls danced like this,

said Ariel. She held the tambourine up high in one hand, did a few steps, and started to spin

until crash.

Not bad for a first try, said Scuddle.

Ariel frowned and tried again.

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