The Happy Prince (11)

The Happy Prince (11)

One day, the swallow saw two little boys lying down under a bridge trying to keep one another warm.

Along came a policeman and told them to go home ー he did not know that they had no home to go to.

They just got up and went out hand-in-hand into a rain.

When the Happy Prince heard this by swallow, he was very sad.
" I have no jewels left, " he said, " but my clothes are made of gold. You must peck off a bit and give it to those children. "

Every day the swallow saw someone who needed help, and before long all the gold from the Prince's clothes had been given away.

He stood on the top of his pillar looking dull and grey, but the faces of the children were no longer white ー their cheeks were red and their thin arms and legs grew nice and round.

They began to play in the streets, and no longer had to beg for bread.

Then the snow came.

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