The document describes a statue of the Happy Prince that wears a golden tunic with a ruby in its sword hilt and sapphires for eyes. A swallow rests near the statue and the Prince notices the swallow and the poor people in the town, asking the swallow to remove the ruby and one sapphire to give to those in need. The swallow helps the Prince by giving away the gems until the Prince is left blind and asks the swallow to stay with him, then tells the swallow to remove the gold from his body to help the poor as well before the Prince dies.

1.  Wearing a golden tunic.
 A sword with a red ruby.
 Two blue sapphires in his eyes.
The statues of Happy
Prince

2. The statues of Happy
Prince
 Wearing a golden tunic.
 A sword with a red ruby.
 Two blue sapphires in his
eyes.At least,
there’s one
truly happy
man in this
town.
Happy Prince
never cries
for new
things.

3. All my
friends left
for warm
Egypt.
I will rest in
this
unknown
town.

4. ...the sky is
clear. It’s not
raining.

5. Who are
you? Why
are you
crying?
Please help
me little
swallow.

6. Swallow take
the ruby
from my
sword hilt
and give it to
her. I feel sorry
looking at
you...I will
help you.

7. That
happens
when you do
something
good to help
someone.
It’s cold
night. But
strange, I am
feeling
warm.

8. Please stay
with me for
one more
night.
I will leave
for Egypt
tonight. I will
stay with you
through the
day.

9. Take one of
my sapphire
eyes and
give it to
him.

10. Dear Prince, I
can’t do that.
Swallow
little
Swallow, you
must.

11. I see a poor
little girl in the
town
square...please
give her the
sapphire
remaining in
my other eye.
I am here to
say goodbye.
Impossible! I
can’t make
you blind.
Please help
me little
Swallow.

13. ....fly over
the land. Tell
me what you
see.
You are blind
now. So I
must stay
with you
always

14. I
Take all the
gold from my
body and
give it to the
poor people.

15. Goodbye, my
prince.
Ah, good,
you’re
going to
Egypt...
...The cold
has got me.
I’m dying

16. Take it to the
furnace to
melt. We will
have a new
statue.