‘The ruby has fallen out of his sword, his eyes are gone, and he is
golden no longer,' said the mayor: ‘in fact he is little better than a
beggar!' ‘Little better than a beggar,' said the town councillors.
‘And here is actually a dead bird at his feet!' continued the mayor.‘We
really must issue a proclamation that birds are not to be allowed to die
here.' And the town clerk made a note of the suggestion. So they pulled
down the statue of the Happy Prince.‘As he is no longer beautiful he is
no longer useful,' said the art professor at the university. Then they
melted the statue in a furnace, and the mayor held a meeting of the
corporation to decide what was to be done with the metal.‘We must have
another statue, of course,' he said,‘and it shall be a statue of
myself.' ‘Of myself,' said each of the town councillors, and they
quarrelled. When I last heard of them they were quarrelling still.
‘What a strange thing!' said the overseer of the workmen at the
foundry.‘This broken lead heart will not melt in the furnace. We must
throw it away.' So they threw it on a dust-heap where the dead swallow
was also lying. ‘Bring me the two most precious things in the city,'
said God to one of His angels; and the angel brought Him the leaden
heart and the dead bird. ‘You have rightly chosen,' said God,‘for in my
garden of Paradise this little bird shall sing for evermore, and in my
city of gold the Happy Prince shall praise me.'
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罗岚莎
I remember when I was a child, I once read the book of happy prince, but I did not know that it was written by Oscar Wilde, and I did not think about its connotation. I only knew that it was a touching story, and I simply equated it with other fairy tales that persuade people to be kind. Until now, when I came into contact with the writer Oscar Wilde, I can only recall this pure and beautiful story... Like all fairy tales, "happy prince" has its traditional narrative mode and strong enlightenment significance. For example, when the prince asks to take off his own precious stones and gold, we are moved by his kindness and generosity. When the swallow dies at the prince's feet, we are moved by its loyalty.
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