The Happy Prince was a statue that stood high above the city. Though he lived a happy life, after death he could see the suffering of the poor people below and cried tears of lead. A little swallow agreed to help the prince by giving his ruby eyes and gold leaves to the needy. Despite losing his eyesight, the prince continued asking the swallow to help others. Exhausted from the cold, the swallow died at the prince's feet. Though the statue was destroyed, God declared the prince's lead heart and the swallow's sacrifice as the most precious things in the city.

1. THE HAPPY PRINCE
-Oscar Wilde
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2. QUESTIONS FOR REFERENCE
1. Why do the courtiers call the prince "The Happy Prince"? - Is
he really happy? What does he see all around him?
Ans- While the prince was alive he lived in his palace. No sorrow
- was allowed to enter. The prince was always happy. He did not
know what sorrow was. So the courtiers called him the Happy
Prince. But after his death, his statue was put on a high pedestal.
Now he could see the misery of the people all around. It made
him very sad.
2.(a) Why did the Happy Prince send a ruby for the- seamstress?
The Happy Prince sees that the poor woman's son was ill and
was asking for oranges. But the poor woman had no money. So
the Happy Prince sent a ruby for her.
(b)What does the swallow do in the seamstress house?
The swallow puts the ruby on a table. He fans the boy's forehead
with his wings. The boy feels great relief and goes into a sweet
sleep.

3. 3. What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?
The swallow sees the rich making merry in her beautiful –
houses while beggars sitting at their gates. In the dark lanes,
there are poor children who are hungry and there are white.
Two little boys are lying in each other's arms to keep
themselves warm under a bridge. A watchman drives them
away from there.
4. Why did the swallow did not leave the prince and go to -
Egypt?
The prince had given the two sapphires of his eyes for the –
poor and became blind. The generous swallow felt empathetic
and could not leave the prince in that state.
5. What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why -
are they precious?
The two precious things are the leaden heart of the prince -
and the dead swallow. The prince gave his all for the poor
and the swallow sacrificed his life for the sake of the prince.
There is no selfishness in their love and therefore very
precious.
6. Where did the little swallow want to go?
He wanted to go to Egypt.
7. For whom does the prince send the first sapphire of his -

4. The Happy Prince was a beautiful statue stood on a
tall column high above the city. The statue was
covered with thin leaves of gold. He had sapphires for
his eyes and a ruby in his sword. One night a little
swallow flew over the city. He was tired and wanted
to spend the night between the feet of the Happy
Prince. As he was ready to sleep just then a large drop
of water fell on him. It was curious as there were no
clouds in the sky. Then another drop of water fell on
him. The swallow decided to look for another place
just then third drop fell on him, he looked up and saw
that these were the tears from the eyes of the Happy
Prince and the swallow filled with pity. The swallow
asked " who are you" and why are you crying?’’

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6. The Happy Prince told the swallow that he lived in a
palace while he was alive and had a kind human
heart. There was no sorrow at all and his and his
courtiers called him the happy prince. After his
death he had been set up on a high pillar, his heart
is made up of Lead yet and it always weeps when he
see the ugliness and misery of his city. He told the
swallow that far away in a little street a little boy of
a seamstress is sick. He is crying and his mother
could not give him oranges to eat. He asked the
swallow to give his ruby to the poor women when
he was going to Egypt. But he obeyed the Happy
Prince and then he flew and laid the ruby on the
table of the poor women

7. Then the Happy Prince saw a writer. He was
suffering from cold and was hungry. Happy Prince
asked the swallow to give one of the sapphire to the
writer. The swallow did not want to pluck out the
sapphire from his eyes, but he obeyed him
unwillingly. After that the Happy Prince saw a
match girl and her matches fall into the gutter. At
his command the swallow very unwillingly plucked
out the sapphire from the other eye of the Happy
Prince and now the Prince was totally blind. the
swallow slipped the sapphire into the palm of the
match girl. Then the Happy Prince allowed the
swallow to fly away to Egypt, but the swallow
decided to stay with the blind Prince forever.

8. The swallow reported about the
sufferings of the starving people. At the
command of the Happy Prince the
swallow took of the golden leaves from
the statue and distributed them among
the poor people. Now the statue was dull
and grey. The frost made the swallow
colder and colder and he was about to
die. He flew to the Happy Prince who
bade him kiss him on the lips.

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The swallow fell down die at the feet of the
statue. The lead heart of the Prince broke into
two. The Mayor ordered that the statue
should be pulled down because it was neither
beautiful now useful. The broken heart did
not melt in the furnace. It was thrown away
on a dust heap where the dead swallow was
also lying. God asked the angels to bring the
two most precious things in the city. God
praised the angel's choice in bringing him the
leaden heart of the Happy Prince and the dead
swallow.

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13. The
Happy
Prince
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