The Happy prince was a statue. He was placed on a high column in the
middle of the city. There were sapphires in his eyes and his body was
covered with leaves of fine gold. A large and rare ruby was set on the hilt
of his sword. Once upon a time a bird came to visit the place and stopped
between the feet of the statue. During night when the swallow was going
to sleep, a drop fell on his head. He looked up and saw that tears coming
out from the eyes of the statue. He became very sad. The bird was
surprised and asked about the reason. The prince told him that he has seen
that there is a house at far off place where a poor woman lives. She is
very sad because she has no money to buy food and medicines for her son
who is very sick.
The prince requested him to help the woman. He gave one of the jewels
of his sword to the bird and told to hand it over to the poor old woman.
She becomes happy after getting the jewel as she could buy medicines and
good food for her son.
The bird wanted to fly to the warm place where his family members had
gone. He wanted some more works to be done by the bird. One after another
he gave out his jewels from his body and at last he gave all the pieces of
his clothes also. He helped the poor young playwright who wanted to write
plays but unable since he feels hungry and chilly. The prince helped the
little girl who was selling matches that became wet and she could not sell
it. She was afraid that her father will beat her after reaching home. The
prince never wanted to see anything unhappy in the world. He gave the
jewel of his other eye and made the girl happy.
The day came when all the jewels of his body gone. The prince looked
ugly and shabby. The swallow never left the place to help the prince.
Then the snow came. The little bird got colder and he knew that his end
has come. "Good bye", replied the prince. Something broke inside him. It
was his heart.
One day the mayor and councilors saw the condition of the statue of the
prince during their visit. A dead bird was under his feet. They decided to
remove the statue from that place and put the statue of the mayor. They took
down the lead from the statue of the prince and gave it to workmen to make
a statue of the mayor. The workmen found that there was a heart inside the
statue which did not melt. They decided to throw the heart to the heap of
the dust where the little dead bird was lying.
Then God ordered His Angles to bring the two most precious things
from the town. They brought the broken heart and the dead bird. God
said "You are right". It is said that the little bird still lives with God in
his garden of paradise and the happy prince
Homework
I have mentioned three themes in the previous paragraphs. Could you please
mention more themes that you feel you can find in this lovely story?
/Family is everything to a person and it always offers a warm embrace that protects us from the cold and heat, and a person without a family feels alone and uneasy.
What is the moral lesson behind this story?
The moral lesson in this beautiful story is to help others, in order not to spread poverty and disease, and for people to return the favor
Do you believe in fairy tales?
I do not believe in fairy tales because they contain, for example, ghosts, zombies and vampires
Hello, can you help me correct the homework answers to these three points and add any good addition? Thank you
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