The Happy Prince and The Nightingale and the Rose

 

The Happy Prince

Once upon a time, there was a prince in a town called "The Happy Prince".

However, the prince suddenly died, and the people built a statue of him in the town.

The body of the statue is covered with gold leaf, the blue eyes are sapphires, and a large ruby is attached to the sword at the waist.

One day, a swallow on its way to Egypt was resting at the statue of the prince when the statue spoke to the swallow, asking for a favor.

The swallow did as the prince asked, removing the ruby from the sword at his waist and delivering it to the boy suffering from fever.

Next, the prince asked her to take off the sapphires from his eyes and give one to a poor young man with a talent and the other to a girl selling matches.

The prince lost both his eyes, but he felt very refreshed.

The swallow, who was on his way to Egypt, saw that the prince had lost his own eyes for the happiness of others, and decided that from now on he would be the prince's eye replacement.

The swallow then flew around the city and told the story to the prince when he saw a poor person.

The prince told him to take off the gold leaf from his body and give it to the poor people.

The swallows did as they were told. All the gold leaf was removed from the prince's body, and he finally became a gray prince.

When winter came to the town and the snow began to fall, the swallows, who were weak against the cold, said goodbye to the prince and fell at his feet with all their strength.


This book is made up of two stories. I focused on one of the stories in this article, but if anyone is interested, please look for this book at the library.

The Happy Prince and The Nightingale and The Rose, Class Set. Level 1 (A1)
著者 : OscarWilde
Helbling Verlag GmbH
発売日 : 2008-01-01
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