Singapore Merlion

We were going for a walk one day and there was a really big Merlion and inside you could explore it. We got to watch a movie about why they even had the Merlion in first place.

It's a very interesting story, I'll tell you the story if you like. Well it goes like this; One day the prince went out shooting with his men and he saw a deer so he chased the deer over the hill and suddenley he saw a beautiful island and new he must go there. So they went back and got lot's of food ready to go sailing and when they were half way there a big storm started and it wouldn't stop. The prince new what he had to do so he threw his crown into the sea to appease the gods of the sea. The storm stopped and they sailed on to the island and when they got there a lion was guarding the island. The prince was just about to fight when they both noticed that each other were somewhat royal. Singapore means 'lion city'.

That should tell you what the top half of the Merlion means!

Now I'm going to tell you what the bottom half means.

Back in those days Singapore peoples did lots of fishing and they were really good at it and they still wanted a reminder that they could do fishing really well.

That should have got your brain thinking.