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In the unnamed city in northern Europe, there is a statue known as the happy prince which stands on top of a tall pedestal .The statue appears to be made of a gold ,there are two sapphires on the statue which represent the prince's eyes and a ruby on the hilt of his sword The statue is greatly admired by all the people in the city for its beauty.The happy prince explains that he appeared to be happy when he was alive ,because he knew nothing about outside life ,the life of people outside his palace ,only after having died, the happy prince learns of the realities of life for poor .As the statue on the top pedestal ,he can see all over the city ,although his heart is made of lead now ,because it is a statue ,he feels greatly for those who are living in poverty .He tells the swallow of a poor tailor whose son is suffering from a fever ,he tells the bird to pluck the ruby out of the sword and take it to the woman .the swallow agrees to do this one good deed for the Happy prince ,but he insists that he will fly to Egypt the following day, the next evening the swallow comes to say good bye to the Happy prince ,the statue talks with the swallow about a young writer who is weak from hunger ,insisting that the swallow takes one of his sapphire eyes to the young man ,the swallow does so ,again insisting that he will leave for Egypt, the next day ,but the happy prince tells him to give his sapphire eye to a little match-girl in the square below ,after having done so ,the swallow promises to stay with the happy prince ,who is now blind forever The swallow flies around the city ,observing the poor people and reporting what he sees back to the happy prince ,the statue tells the bird to take the leaves of gold and take them to those who are in need ,until all the gold is gone ,at the same time ,the swallow is suffering as the weather gets steadily colder and knows that he will soon die.At the start of winter ,one swallow remains in the area ,the swallow had in love with a reed and spent all Summer with her .when the other swallows left to Egypt at the start of autumn ,the swallow remained behind ,however ,he eventually decides that there is no future in his relationship with the reed and decides to catch up with the other birds .One evening the swallow takes shelter under the statue of the happy prince ,he is splashed by what he thinks at first a rain drop ,but which is really a tear falling from the happy prince's eyes .The mayor notices that the gold ,ruby and sapphire are gone from the statue of the happy prince ,and is even more shocked to find a dead bird at the statue's feet .The statue no longer being beautiful ,the mayor orders it be removed and melted dowr however, God asks an angle to bring Him the two most precious things in the city ,the angle brings Him the dead swallow and the happy prince's lead heart ,God is pleased