The statue of the Happy Prince stands high above the city-on a tall stone pillar. His body is covered with a thin layer.

Golden leaves and bright sapphires made his eyes, and a huge glowing red gem was embedded in the hilt.

The world really admires him. "He is as beautiful as a weather vane," said a city councilman who wanted to show his artistic taste.

Member said, and then lest people think he is unrealistic, in fact, he is very pragmatic, and then added:

"It is just not as practical as a weather vane."

"Why can't you be like the Happy Prince?" A wise mother told her little boy to cry for the moon.

Said, "The Happy Prince never dreamed of crying for something."

"I'm so happy that there are such happy people in the world," muttered a depressed man staring at this extraordinary statue.

The language to be spoken.

"He looks like an angel," said the children in the orphanage. They are coming out of the church, covered in bright red.

Purpose cloak, with a clean white bib hanging on the chest.

"How do you know?" The math teacher asked, "You have never seen an angel."

"ah! But we have seen it, and we saw it in our dreams. " The children replied. The math teacher frowned and tightened her face.

Kong, because he doesn't approve of children dreaming.

One night, a little swallow flew over the city. His friend flew to Egypt as early as six weeks ago.

But he stayed because he was too attached to the beautiful Miss Reed. He met her in early spring, when

He is chasing a big yellow moth downstream. He was fascinated by her slender waist and stopped to talk to her.

"Can I love you?" Asked the swallow, who liked it right. The reed bent down to him, so

He flew around her again and again, flapping the water with his feather wings, causing layers of silver ripples. This is the courtship of swallows

In this way, he persisted for a whole summer.

"This relationship is ridiculous," giggled the other swallows. "She has neither money nor so many relatives."

Indeed, the river is full of reeds.

When autumn comes, the swallows fly away.

After everyone left, he felt lonely and began to hate his lover. "She can't talk," he said. "Besides.

I'm afraid she is a slut. You see, she is always flirting with the wind. "It's true, once the wind blows, reeds will bend most gracefully.

Knee salute. "I admit that she is a person who lives at home," continued the swallow, "but I like traveling with my wife.

But you should also like traveling. "

"Would you like to go with me?" He finally asked. However, the reed shook his head. She is too reluctant to leave her home.

"So you and I are joking," he roared. "I'm going to the pyramids. Goodbye! " Then he flew away.

Yes

He flew all day and came to this city in the evening. "Where shall I spend the night?" He said, "I hope this city

I was ready for this. "

At this time, he saw the statue on the high column.

"I'm going to spend the night there," he said loudly. "This is a good place with fresh air." So, there he is.

The happy prince fell into a nest between his feet.

"I have a bedroom made of gold," he said softly to himself after looking around, and then he was ready for bed. But right before he

When he buried his head under the feather wings, a big drop of water fell on him. "It's incredible!" He shouted.

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 really bad. reed

I like rain, but that's just her selfishness. "

Then another drop fell.

"What's the use of a statue that can't even cover the rain?" He said, "I have to find a good chimney to make a 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 it.

What is this?

The happy prince's eyes were full of tears, and the tears ran down his golden cheeks. The prince's face is beautiful in the moonlight.

Swallows are very sympathetic.

"Who are you?" He asked each other.

"I am the Happy Prince."

"Then why are you crying?" The swallow asked again, "You got me wet."

"When I was alive with a heart," the statue began, "I didn't know what tears were.

Because at that time I lived in the carefree palace, which was a place where sadness could not enter. I have company in the garden during the day.

Yes, I lead the dance in the hall at night. There is a high fence along the garden, but I never thought there would be anything there.

What? Everything around me is so beautiful. My servant calls me the Happy Prince. Indeed, if you are happy, you will be happy.

Well, I'm really happy. I live like this and die like this. Now that I'm dead, they hold me high

Standing here, I can see all the ugliness and poverty in my city Although the heart is made of lead, it still can't stand it.

Stay and cry. "

"ah! Isn't he a golden statue with a heart of stone? " The swallow said to himself. He is too polite to talk loudly about others.

Personal matters.

"In the distance," the statue continued in a deep sweet voice, "there lived a poor family in a small street in the distance. A fan

The window is open, through which I can see a woman sitting at the table. Her thin face is full of tiredness and her hair is messy.

Rhett's hands are full of needle holes because she is a tailor. She is embroidering a satin dress with passion fruit, which is the queen's favorite.

The maid-in-waiting of love will wear it at the next palace dance. On the bed in the corner of the room lies her sick child. children

I have a fever and clamor for oranges. His mother gave him nothing but a few mouthfuls of river water, so the child always cried.

Stop. Swallow, swallow, swallow, can you take the ruby off my hilt and give it to her? My feet are fixed on

You can't move on this base "

"My friends are waiting for me in Egypt," said the swallow. "They are flying around the Nile, talking to the big lotus.

Son, I will spend the night in the grave of the great Pharaoh soon. Pharaoh himself slept in his colorful coffin. His body.

Wrapped in yellow linen, it is filled with antiseptic spices. He wears a light green jade necklace around his neck, and his body double.

Hands are like dead leaves "

"Swallow, swallow, swallow," the prince said again, "would you like to spend the night with me and be my messenger? That kid.

He was so hungry that his mother was very sad. "

"I don't think I like children," replied the swallow. "Last summer, I went to a river where there were two naughty boys.

My child Yu is the miller's son. They always throw stones at me. Of course, they will never hit me, we swallows.

How fast it flies. Besides, I come from a family famous for its speed. But in any case, it is impolite.

Because. "

But the sad face of the happy prince made the swallow feel bad. "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, put it in his mouth and walked through the house in the city.

Top, fly away.

He flew over the top of the cathedral and saw angels carved on white marble. He flew over the palace and heard the dance.

Singing. A beautiful girl and her lover walked onto the roof. "What a wonderful star," he said to her.

"What a wonderful love!"

"I hope my clothes will be ready for the grand dance in time," she replied. "I asked to embroider passion fruit.

Flowers, but there are too many seamstresses. "

He flew over the river and saw countless lanterns hanging high on the mast. He flew over the ghetto and saw the old Jews.

Bargain with each other to do business and weigh coins on the copper scale. Finally, he came to the poor family.

Shed, look inside. The feverish child tossed and turned in bed, and the mother soon fell asleep because she was so tired. He jumped in.

In the room, put the huge ruby on the table, next to the thimble of the woman. Then he flew gently around the bed, using feathers.

The wings fanned the child's forehead. "I think it's cool," said the child. "I will be fine." Say that finish and enter deeply.

Enter a sweet dream.

Then the swallow went back to the happy prince and told him what he had done. "Is it strange?" He went on to say.

He said, "Although the weather is very cold, I feel so warm now."

"That's because you did a good deed," said the prince. So the swallow began to think about the prince's words, but soon fell asleep.

It is on fire. For him, whenever he thinks of a problem, he always feels sleepy.

At dawn, he flew to the lower reaches of the river and took a bath. "What an incredible phenomenon!" A professor of ornithology walked across the bridge.

He said, "there will be swallows in winter!" " "So he wrote a long letter to the local newspaper about it. everybody

They all quoted the words in his letter, although many of them were incomprehensible.

"I'm going to Egypt tonight," said the swallow, who was full of energy at the thought of the distance. He visited all the public offices in the city.

* * * memorial hall, and sat on the top of the church for quite a while. Sparrows are chattering everywhere, saying to each other, "Come again!" "

What a rare guest! "So he had a good time.

When the moon rises, he flies back to the Happy Prince. "Do you have anything to do in Egypt?" He asked loudly.

Tao: "I'm leaving soon."

"Swallow, swallow, swallow," said the prince, "would you like to stay with me for another night?"

"My friends are waiting for me in Egypt," replied the swallow. "Tomorrow my friends will fly to the second waterfall, the river there.

The horse spent the night in papyrus. Ancient Egyptian Mennon sat on a huge granite throne and looked at the stars all night, every time.

When the stars twinkled, he gave a cheerful cry and then became silent. At noon, the yellow lion went down the mountain.

Drinking water by the river, their eyes are like green gems, and their roar is louder than that of waterfalls. "swallow it, swallow it,

Swallow, "said the prince," in the distance of the city, I saw a young man living in the attic. He's in a photo.

On the table covered with paper, I worked hard, and there was a bunch of dried violets in the glass next to me. He has curly brown hair.

Hair, red lips like pomegranate, he has a pair of sleepy eyes. He is trying to write a play for the theater manager.

But he was too cold to write any more. There was no firewood in the fireplace, and hunger made him dizzy. "

"I want to stay with you for another night," said the swallow, who really has a kind heart. "If I send him another piece of red treasure?

Stone? "

"alas! I have no rubies now. " The prince said, "Only my eyes are left. They are made of rare sapphires.

Yes, it was produced in India many years ago. Take out one and send it to him. He will sell it to a jeweler so that he can buy back the food.

Finish the script he wrote. "

"Dear prince," said the swallow, "I can't do this." She began to cry.

"Swallow, swallow, swallow," said the prince. "Do as I say."

So the swallow took off the prince's eyes and flew to the attic where the students lived. Because there is a hole in the roof, swallow

Easy to get in So the swallow went through the hole and came to the house. The young man buried his face in his hands and didn't hear the swallows flapping their wings.

When he looked up, he saw the beautiful sapphire on the dried violet.

"I'm beginning to be appreciated," he cried. "It must be from someone who worships me very much. Now I can finish it

This is my script. "A happy smile appeared on his face.

The next day, the swallow flew to the port below. He sat on the mast of a big ship and watched the sailors dragging big boxes with ropes.

Leave the cabin. Follow them. Hey, yo! Hey yo! "Yin, a big box was dragged up." I'm going to Egypt.

Yes! "Zheng Xiaoyan slightly, but no one paid attention to him. When the moon rises, he flies back to the Happy Prince.

"I've come to say goodbye to you," he shouted.

"Swallow, swallow, swallow," said the prince, "won't you spend another night with me?"

"Winter is coming," replied the swallow. "The cold snow is coming. However, in Egypt, the sun hangs on lush brown trees.

In fact, it is extremely warm here, and the crocodile lying in the mud pond looks around lazily. My friend is in the ancient city of Baalbeck.

A nest was built in the temple, and Yin Ge was watching them work and talking to each other.

Dear prince, I have to leave you, but I will never forget you. I'll bring you both back next spring.

A beautiful gem makes up for the one you lost by giving it to others. Ruby will be redder than red rose, and so will sapphire.

Bluer than the sea. "

"In the square below," said the happy prince, "stood a little girl selling matches. All her matches fell into the drain.

In the box, they are all useless. If she doesn't bring money home, her father will hit her. She is crying. She didn't wear it.

Shoes, no socks, nothing on my head. Please take off my other eye and give it to her, so that her father can.

I won't hit her. "

"I would like to stay with you for another night," said the swallow, "but I can't take off your eyes, or you will be blind.

Yes "

"Swallow, swallow, swallow," said the prince. "Do as I say."

The son took off the other eye of the prince and flew down with it. He suddenly fell in front of the little girl and put

The jewels lay quietly in her hand. "What a beautiful piece of glass!" The little girl shouted. She smiled and walked home.

Run in the room.

At this time, the swallow returned to the prince. "You are blind now," said the swallow. "I want to be with you forever."

"No, little swallow," said the poor prince, "you must go to Egypt."

"I will always be with you," said the swallow and slept at the prince's feet.

The next day, he sat on the prince's shoulder all day and told him what he had seen, heard and experienced in a foreign country. He also

Tell the prince about the red ibis They line up in a long queue along the Nile, catching gold with their sharp mouths.

Fish; I also talked about the Sphinx, which is as old as the world, lives in the desert and knows everything in the world; He talked about New Zealand.

Some businessmen walked slowly with their camel teams, touching the beads made by wolves in their hands; He talked about the king of Moon Mountain, his skin.

Black as ebony, worshiping a huge crystal; He talked about the big green snake sleeping on a palm tree and asked for 20 monks.

Feed it with a cake made of honey; He also talked about the dwarfs who crossed the lake on big flat leaves.

Still fighting with butterflies. "

"Dear Swallow," said the prince, "you have told me many strange things, but even more strange are those.

The pain of men and women. Nothing is more incredible than pain. Swallow, you will fly over my city.

Go to the plane and tell me what you see on it. ",

So the swallow flew over the city and saw the rich having fun in their beautiful foreign buildings, while the beggars were sitting.

Hungry at the door. He flew into the dark alley and saw the hungry children with pale faces and listless faces.

In the dark street, in the bridge opening of a bridge, two children snuggled up to each other to keep warm. "We are so hungry.

Ah! "They said." You are not allowed to lie here, "the doorman sighed loudly, and the two children hobbled towards the rain curtain again.

Then he flew back and told the prince what he had seen.

"I am covered with good gold coins," said the prince. "You pick them one by one and give them to my poor people.

Send it. All living people believe that gold will make them happy. "

Swallows pecked off the bare golden leaves one by one until the Happy Prince became gloomy. He put these again

Pure gold leaves were given to the poor one by one, and the children were flushed and playing games happily in the street.

"We have bread now!" Cried the children.

Then it began to snow, and after the snow came the cold. The street looks shiny, as if it were made of silver and bright.

Bright and dazzling; Long icicles hang under the eaves like swords made of crystal. Everyone put on their fur coats, and so did the children.

Put on a red hat and go skating outdoors.

The poor swallow feels colder and colder, but he doesn't want to leave the prince. He loves the prince too much. He had to use

When the baker is not looking, he takes some bread crumbs from the bakery door to satisfy his hunger and flaps his wings to keep warm.

However, in the end, he also knew that he was going to die. He only had enough strength left to fly to the prince's shoulder again. "goodbye

Dear prince! "He murmured," do you want me to kiss your hand again? "

"Swallow, I'm so glad that you are finally flying to Egypt," said the prince. "You stay here too long. but

You must kiss my lips because I love you. "

"I'm not going to Egypt," said the swallow. "I'm going to the home of the dead. Death is a sleeping brother, isn't it?

Really? "

Then he kissed the happy prince on the lips, fell at his feet and died.

At this time, there were strange cracks in the statue, as if something had been broken. Actually, it belongs to the prince.

A heart made of lead is split in two. This is really a terrible cold winter.

The next morning, accompanied by the city councilor, the mayor walked to the square below. When they walked through the column, the city

The dragon looked up at the statue. "My God! How can the happy prince be so ugly! " He said.

"How ugly!" The city councilors shouted in unison, and their accents were always the same as the mayor's. say it again

Some families have come forward to take a closer look.

"He lost the ruby on the hilt and the sapphire eye. He is no longer gold," said the mayor.

He said, "In fact, he is not much better than a beggar!" " "

"Not much better than beggars," echoed the city councilman.

"There is a dead bird lying at his feet!" The mayor continued, "We really should issue a statement banning birds.

Class died in this place. So the staff of the city government recorded the proposal.

Later, they knocked down the statue of the Happy Prince. "Since he is no longer beautiful, it is no longer useful.

Yes, "said the art professor at the university.

Then they melted the statue in the furnace, and the mayor called a municipal meeting to decide what to do with the gold.

Yes, of course, we must cast another statue. "He said," that should be my statue. "

"My statue," every city senator contended, and they quarreled. I finally heard people talking about them.

Their quarrel was not over at that time.

"What a strange thing!" The foreman of the foundry said, "This broken lead core won't melt in the furnace. we

I had to throw it away. "They threw it into the garbage, and the dead swallow lay there.

"Bring me the two most precious things in this city," God said to one of his angels. So the angel put the lead heart

The dead bird was brought back to God.

"You made the right choice," God said, "because in my paradise garden, birds can sing forever.

Sing, in my golden castle, the happy prince can praise me heartily. "