OSCAR
WILDE:
Oscar
Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. He is remembered for his epigrams and
plays. His novel The Picture of Dorian Gray is a famous work. Wilde published
The Happy Prince and Other Tales. He wrote fairy stories for magazines. His
stories like The Selfish Giant, The Model Millionaire and The Happy Prince are
very famous.
HAPPY
PRINCE:
The Happy Prince stood on the centre of the city. He
was covered by thin leaves of Gold. He had two sapphires in his eyes and a
large Ruby on his sword. He was admired by the people. He looked like an angel.
The Happy Prince never dreamt of crying.
SWALLOW’S
LOVE:
There was a swallow whose friends had gone to Egypt.
The swallow fell in love with Reed. The reed didn’t even talk to the Swallow.
She was very domestic. In autumn, the Reed flew away. The Swallow flew away
bitting Goodbye to the Reed. He had decided to travel to Egypt.
UNDER
THE STATUE:
The swallow decided to stay under the statue as it has
become dark night. The Swallow sat in between the foot of the Statue. He was
completely wet due to the tears of the statue. The Swallow enquired the Happy
Prince’s misery. The Happy prince narrated his past Happy life and his present
state of misery.
SWALLOW
AS A MESSENGER:
The Happy prince was completely upset due to the
miseries of the people around the city. He requested the swallow to be a
messenger for a day.
1st – a boy in a poor house
2nd – a writer (young man in a garret)
3rd – little match girl
A
BOY IN A POOR HOUSE:
The Happy Prince told the swallow about a boy in a
poor house. The boy’s mother is embroidering passion flowers for a mind. The
little boy is ill. His mother has nothing to give him but only river water. The
swallow took the ruby to the boy’s house.
YOUNG
MAN IN A GARRET:
The Happy prince told the swallow about a young man in
a garret. The man is writing play for the Director in the theatre. He has no
fire in the grate. Due to his hungriness, he is almost fainted. The Happy
Prince asked the Swallow to take out his one eye (sapphire). The Swallow
plucked out the Prince’s eyes and threw it inside the man’s house.
LITTLE MATCH
GIRL:
The swallow returned to the Happy Prince to bid Farewell. He has planned to go to
Egypt. The Happy Prince requested the bird to stay for a night. The Swallow
stayed with him. The Happy Prince told about a little girl who is crying. She
has lost her matches in the gutter. Her father will beat her if she fails to
bring money. She doesn’t have shoes. The
Prince asked the bird to pluck out his another eye. The bird felt bad to pluck
out the Prince’s eye. As the prince commanded the bird, it took the sapphire
and slipped into her palm. The girl was very Happy.
THE BIRD’S STAY
WITH THE HAPPY PRINCE:
The bird refused to go to Egypt. As the prince become
blind, the swallow narrated the incidents around the city from the next day.
the swallow helped the poor people with the golden leaves of the Prince. The
winter has arrived, the swallow was wet and it returned to the Prince. The bird
kissed the Prince and told him that it was going to the House of Death. The
Happy Prince’s leaden heart broken into two. The Mayor came with the Town
Councillors and replaced the statue because it looked ugly. There was a quarrel
between the mayor and the councilors about the New statue. The dead bird was
thrown in the dust- heap. The Prince’s lead heart was also thrown in the dust
heap.
CONCLUSION:
The God asked his angel to bring the most precious
things. The angel took the dead bird and the leaden heart. The God said “For
in my garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for ever more, and in my
city of gold, the Happy Prince shall praise me”.
