![]() One night there flew over the city a little Swallow. How do you know? said the Mathematical Master, you have never seen one.Īh! but we have, in our dreams, answered the children and the Mathematical Master frowned and looked very severe, for he did not approve of children dreaming. ![]() He looks just like an angel, said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks and their clean white pinafores. I am glad there is some one in the world who is quite happy, muttered a disappointed man as he gazed at the wonderful statue. The Happy Prince never dreams of crying for anything. Why can’t you be like the Happy Prince? asked a sensible mother of her little boy who was crying for the moon. He is as beautiful as a weathercock, remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes only not quite so useful, he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. Igh above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. ![]()
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