The Happy Prince (6)

The Happy Prince (6)

The boy was tossing about in his bet, but his mother had fallen asleep with her head on the table.
She was so tired.

The swallow hopped through the window and put the red jewel close by her thimble sot that she would see it when she awake.

Then he flew over the sick boy's bed and fanned him with his wings.

" How cool I feel, " said the boy.
" I must be getting better. "
And he fell asleep.

Back flew the swallow to tell the Happy Prince what he had done.
" It's funny thing, " he said, " but I don't feel cold any more. "

" That's because you did a good deed, " said the Prince.

All the same, the swallow still wanted to fly away to the warm land where his brothers and sisters had gone.

So that night he said to the Prince, " Goodbye, I'm off now. "

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