happy prince The statue of the Happy Prince towered high above the city - on a tall stone pillar.He is covered with thin Leaves of gold, bright sapphires for his eyes, and a large, glowing red gem set in the hilt of his sword. The world is really envious of him. "He's as handsome as a weathercock," said a city councilor who wanted to show he had artistic taste. The clerk said something, and then, fearing that people would think him unrealistic, when in fact he was very pragmatic, he added: "Just not as practical as a weathervane." "Why can't you be like the Happy Prince?" a wise mother said to her little boy who cried for the moon

Said, "The Happy Prince never dreamed of crying for something." "I'm glad there are such happy people in the world," murmured a dejected man gazing at the remarkable statue speaking. "He looked like an angel," said the children at the orphanage.They were coming out of the church, wearing scarlet scarves He wore a cloak and a clean white bib hung on his chest. "How do you know?" asked the math teacher, "You have never seen an angel." "Ah! But we have seen it, in a dream," answered the children.Math teacher frowning and scowling

Kong, because he disapproves of children dreaming. One night, a little swallow flew over the city.His friends had flown to Egypt six weeks earlier, But he stayed behind because he missed the incomparably beautiful Miss Luwei too much.He met her in early spring, when He was going down the river after a big yellow moth.Fascinated by her slender waist, he stopped to talk to her. "May I love you?" asked the Swallow, who liked to get right to the point.The reed bent down to him, and He flew around her circle after circle, and stroked the water surface with his wings, creating layers of silver ripples.This is the courtship of swallows

way, he carried on like this all summer. "This kind of relationship is really ridiculous," said the other swallows with a chuckle. "She has no money, but she has so many relatives." Indeed, the river is full of reeds. When autumn comes, the swallows fly away. After everyone left, he felt very lonely and began to hate his lover. "She can't talk," he said, "and I'm worried she's a slut, you see she's always flirting. "It's true, once the wind blows, the reed will perform the most graceful bend. kneel down. "I admit that she is a homely person," continued the swallow, "but I love to travel, and my wife, when

Of course, you should also like to travel. " "Would you like to come with me?" he asked finally.But Lu Wei shook her head, she was too reluctant to part with her home. "So you and I were just kidding," he yelled, "I'm going to the pyramids, goodbye!" Then he flew away up. He flew all day and came to the city at night. "Where shall I spend the night?" he said, "I hope the town It's ready. " At this time, he saw the statue on the tall column. "I'll spend the night there," he said aloud, "it's a nice place, full of fresh air."

The Happy Prince settled down between his feet. "I've got a bedroom made of gold," he said softly to himself, looking around, and getting ready for sleep.but when he When he put his head under the wings, a large drop of water fell on his body. "It's incredible!" he exclaimed Come, "There is not a cloud in the sky, the stars are clear and bright, but it is raining. The weather in Northern Europe is terrible. Reed She likes rain, but that's just her selfishness. " Then another drop fell. "What good is a statue if it can't keep out the rain?" said he. "I must find a good chimney for my nest."

He decided to fly away from here. But before he could spread his wings, the third drop of water fell again. He looked up and saw—ah!he saw what? The Happy Prince's eyes were filled with tears, and they ran down his golden cheeks.Prince's face is beautiful in the moonlight Incomparably, the little swallow suddenly felt compassion. "Who are you?" He asked the other party. "I am the Happy Prince." "Then why are you crying?" Swallow asked again, "You wet me all over." "When I was alive with a heart," began the statue, "I did not know what tears were,

For at that time I lived in a palace of ease, a place where sorrow could not enter.During the day people accompany me in the garden Play, I lead the dance in the hall at night.There was a high wall running along the garden, but it never occurred to me that there was anything beyond the wall. What, everything around me is so beautiful.My servants call me the Happy Prince, indeed, if you are happy you are happy If so, I'm really happy.This is how I live and how I die.And now I'm dead, they hold me so high Standing here so that I can see all the ugliness and poverty in my own city, though my heart is made of lead, I can't help it

I want to cry. " "Ah! Isn't he a golden statue with a heart of stone?" said the swallow to herself.He is very polite and doesn't like talking loudly about others private affairs. "In the distance," continued the statue in a low and melodious voice, "in a little street in the distance lived a poor family. The window was open, and through it I could see a woman sitting at a table.Her thin face was full of weariness, her rough hair Red's hands are full of needles because she is a tailor.She was embroidering a satin dress with passionflower, the Queen's favorite.

Lovely ladies-in-waiting ready to wear at the next court ball.On a bed in the corner of the room lay her sick child.child He was having a fever and was clamoring to eat oranges.His mother gave him nothing but a few mouthfuls of river water, so the child kept crying stop.Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, will you take the ruby ​​off my sword hilt and give it to her?my feet are fixed On this base, you cannot move. " "My friends are waiting for me in Egypt," said the swallow, "and they are flying up and down the Nile, talking to the great lotus Son, soon to spend the night in the tomb of the great Pharaoh.The pharaoh himself slept in his own colorful coffin.his body was

Wrapped in yellow linen and stuffed with embalmed spices.Around his neck is a light green emerald necklace, and his Hands are like withered leaves. " "Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the prince again, "won't you stay with me for the night and be my messenger? That child So horny, his mother was devastated. " "I don't think I like children," replied the swallow, "I was by a river last summer, and there were two naughty My boy, the miller's son, always threw stones at me.Of course they'll never try to hit me, we swallows How fast it flies, and besides, I come from a family notoriously fast; but it's bad manners anyway. for. " But the Happy Prince's sad face made the little Swallow very sad. "It's too cold here," he said, "but I Willing to spend the night with you and be your messenger. " "Thank you, little Swallow," said the Prince. So the swallow took the huge ruby ​​from the prince's sword, held it in its mouth, and went across the house after house in the city. top, fly away. He flew over the top of the cathedral tower and saw the white marble statue of an angel above it.He flew over the palace and heard the dancing song sound.A beautiful girl walked up to the rooftop with her sweetheart. "What wonderful stars," he said to her, "What a wonderful love 3" "I want my dress to be ready in time for the big ball," she replied, "and I've asked for passionflower embroidery." Flowers, but those seamstresses are too good. " He flew across the river and saw countless lanterns hanging high on the mast of the ship.He flew over the ghetto and saw old Jewish men Bargain with each other to do business, and weigh coins on copper balances.At last he came to the poor man's house She, look inside.The feverish child tossed and turned in bed, and the mother was fast asleep because she was so tired.he jumped into Inside, put the great ruby ​​on the table by the woman's thimble.Then he flew lightly around the bed again, The wings flapped the child's forehead. "I feel so cool," said the child. "I must be feeling better." I fell into a sweet dream. Then the Swallow came back to the Happy Prince and told him all that he had done. "Don't you think it's weird," he went on Say, "It's cold, but I feel so warm right now." "That's because you did a good deed," said the Prince.So the little swallow began to think about what the prince said, but fell asleep after a while. caught.For him, when he thinks about a problem, he always feels sleepy. At dawn he flew down the river to take a bath. "It's an incredible phenomenon," said an ornithology professor walking across the bridge At that time, he said, "There are swallows in winter!" So he wrote a long letter to the local newspaper about this matter.everyone They all quoted words from his letter, although many words in the letter were incomprehensible to people. "I'm going to Egypt tonight," said the Swallow, who was full of energy when he thought of the distance.He visited all the public houses in the city A total of memorial, also sat on the top of the church for a while.Everywhere they went, the sparrows chirped and said to each other, "How much more!" What a rare guest! "So he had a great time. When the moon rose he flew back to the Happy Prince. "Is there anything you want to do in Egypt?" he asked aloud Said, "I'm about to leave." "Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "will you spend another night with me?" "My friends are waiting for me in Egypt," replied the swallow, "tomorrow my friends will fly to the second waterfall, where the river The horses spend the night among the papyrus bushes.The ancient Egyptian god Memnon sat on a huge granite throne, he watched the stars all night, When the stars twinkled, he uttered a cry of joy, and then fell silent.At noon, the yellow lions descended to Drinking from the river, their eyes are like green gems, and their roar is louder than the roar of the waterfall. ""Swallow, swallow, "Little Swallow," said the Prince, "at the far end of the city, I saw a young man living in a garret.he is in a Working hard on the paper-covered desk, there is a bunch of dried violets in the glass next to it.he has brown curly hair He has dark hair, lips as red as a pomegranate, and big, sleepy eyes.He's trying to write a play for the theater manager, But he was too cold to write.There was no firewood in the fireplace, and hunger made him dizzy. " "I would like to spend another night with you," said the swallow, who did have a kind heart. "Should I give him another piece of red treasure? stone? " "Alas! I have no rubies now," said the prince. "All that remains are my eyes. They are made of rare sapphires. It was made, and it came out of India a thousand years ago.Take one out and give it to him.He'll sell it to a jeweler so he can buy food and firewood, to finish the script he wrote. " "Dear Prince," said the Swallow, "I cannot do this," and wept. "Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "do as I tell you." So the swallow took out one of the prince's eyes, and flew towards the attic where the student lived.Because of a hole in the roof, swallows It's easy to get in.In this way the swallow went through the hole and came into the house.The young man covered his face with his hands and did not hear the flapping of the swallow's wings When he raised his head, he saw the beautiful sapphire resting on top of the dried violets. "I am beginning to be admired," he exclaimed. "It must have come from someone who admired me greatly. Now I can It's my script. "He had a happy smile on his face. The next day the swallow flew down to the harbour, and he sat on the mast of the trembling ship and watched the sailors haul the big box with ropes. Get out of the cabin.Follow them hey yo!hey yo! ", the big boxes were dragged up one by one. "I'm going to Egypt up! said the Swallow, but no one paid any attention to him. After the moon had risen, he flew back to the Happy Prince. "I have come to say good-bye to you," he cried. "Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "won't you spend another night with me?" "Winter is here," replied the swallow, "and the cold snow is coming. And in Egypt the sun hangs above the green palm trees It was very warm, and there were crocodiles lying in the mud and looking around lazily.My friends are in the ancient city of Balbeck They built their nests in the temple of the gods, and the pink and silver doves talked to each other as they watched them work. Dear prince, I have to leave you, but I will never forget you, next spring I will bring you two A beautiful gem to make up for the ones you lose by giving away, a ruby ​​will be redder than a red rose, and a sapphire Bluer than the sea. " "In the square below," said the Happy Prince, "stood a little match girl. Her matches fell into the gutter. It's gone, they're all unusable.If she didn't bring home money, her father would beat her, and she was crying.she wears neither Shoes, no socks, nothing on the head.Please take my other eye out and give it to her so that her father won't beat her up. " "I would like to spend another night with you," said the swallow, "but I cannot take your eyes out, or you will be blind up. " "Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "do as I tell you." The trick is that he took off the prince's other eyeball and flew down with it.He suddenly landed in front of the little girl, The gem rested quietly on the palm of her hand. "What a beautiful piece of glass!" cried the little girl, and she smiled and walked home. run away. At this time, the swallow returned to the prince. "You are blind now," said the swallow, "I will always be with you." "No, little Swallow," said the poor Prince, "you must go to Egypt." "I will always be with you," said the swallow, and fell asleep at the prince's feet. The next day he sat on the prince's shoulders all day long, telling him what he had seen, heard and experienced in a foreign country.he still Tell the prince about the red ibises, which stand in long line on the banks of the Nile, and catch gold with their beaks. fish; and of the sphinx, which is as old as the world, dwells in the desert, and knows everything in the world; Some merchants, walking slowly with their camel caravan, holding rosary beads made by wolf Ye in their hands; he talked about the king of Moon Mountain, whose skin Black as ebony, worships a great crystal; he tells of the great green serpent that sleeps in the palm woe, and takes 20 monks Feed it with cakes made of honey; and he told of the dwarfs, who ride to and fro across the lake on great flat leaves, It is still old to have a war with butterflies. " "My dear little Swallow," said the prince, "you have told me many strange things, but those The sufferings of men and women.There is nothing more incredible than suffering.Little swallow, you come to the sky above my city Go fly around and tell me what you see up there. ", So the swallow flew over the city, and saw the rich enjoying themselves in their beautiful mansions, while the beggars were sitting Starving at the gate.He flew into dark alleys and saw the pale faces of starving children staring listlessly at the fainting In a dark street, in a bridge hole, two children hug each other to keep each other warm. "We're so hungry ah! they said. "You must not lie here," the guard sighed loudly, and the two children staggered out into the rain again. Then he flew back and told the prince what he had seen. "I am plastered all over with fine gold flakes," said the prince, "take them off piece by piece, and give them to my poor sent.All living people believe that gold will make them happy. " The Swallow pecked off the golden leaves one by one, until the Happy Prince was ashen and dull.He put these again The leaves of pure gold were given to the poor one by one, and the children's faces were flushed, and they played games in the streets with great joy. "We have bread now!" cried the children. Then it snowed, and after the snow came the severe cold.The street looks white, like it is made of silver, and it is bright. Bright and dazzling; long icicles hang from the eaves like crystal swords.Everyone put on fur coats, even the little ones Put on the red hat and go skating outdoors. The poor little Swallow felt that it was getting colder and colder, but he didn't want to leave the prince. He loved the prince so much.he had to take advantage of When the baker is not looking, get some crumbs from the bakery door to satisfy your hunger, and flap your wings to keep yourself warm. But in the end he also knew that he was going to die.He had only enough strength left to fly to the Prince's shoulder once more. "goodbye yes, dear prince! he murmured, "will you let me kiss your hand again?" " "I'm so glad you're flying to Egypt at last, little Swallow," said the Prince, "you've been here too long. But You gotta kiss my lips because I love you. " "I am not going to Egypt," said the swallow, "I am going to the house of death. Death is the brother who sleeps, not ? " Then he kissed the Happy Prince on the lips, and fell dead at the Prince's feet. At this moment, there was a strange cracking sound from inside the statue, as if something was broken.It's actually the prince's A heart made of lead has been split in two.It was indeed a dreadfully cold winter's day, Early the next morning, the mayor, accompanied by the city senators, took a walk to the square below.As they passed the column, the city The chief looked up at the statue. "My God! how ugly the Happy Prince is!" he said. "How ugly!" exclaimed the city senators, who usually spoke in the same tone as the mayor.finished big Everyone stepped forward to take a closer look to understand. "The ruby ​​is gone from his sword hilt, and the sapphire eyes are gone, and he is no longer gold," said the Mayor. Say, "Actually, he's not much better than a beggar!" "Not much better than a beggar, indeed," echoed the city senators. "And there's a dead bird lying at his feet!" the mayor went on. "We should really issue a statement banning birds Class dies in this place. ’ So the city clerk put the suggestion on record. Then they pulled down the statue of the Happy Prince. "Since he is no longer beautiful, he is no longer useful Already," said the university's art professor. Then they melted the statue in a furnace, and the mayor called a city meeting to decide what to do with the gold Of course, we have to cast another statue. ’ he said, ‘That should be my statue. " "My statue," each city senator contended, and they quarreled.last i heard people talk about them At that time, their quarrel was not over yet. "What a queer thing!" said the foreman of the foundry, "this broken leaden heart cannot be melted in the furnace. We Had to throw it away. ’ They threw it into the rubbish, where the dead swallow lay. "Bring me the two most precious things in the city," God said to one of his angels.So the angel put the lead heart And the dead bird was brought back to God. "You have chosen well," said God, "for in my heavenly garden the birds may sing forever Sing, and in my castle of gold the Happy Prince may praise me all he wants. "