The happy prince
- 1. Once upon a time there was a Prince. He lived all his life in happiness but when he died the people built a statue of him. They made his statue with heavy gold stones and jewels in his loving memory. One day a swallow came over the town and sat down the Princes statue. The swallow was tired so he thought of having a nap. Suddenly a drop of tear from the eyes prince wake him up. He became upset and asked the prince: Whats wrong with you?. I am all wet now. When I was alive I had a human heart. I was always very happy. People called me The Happy Prince. Then I died. The people put me up there. From this high place I can see all the bad things and the sad things in the city. Now I want to cry when I see these things.
- 2. The swallow was asked to stay then for a longer period of time as the Princes messanger. The Prince gave one by one all this jewels and gold stones to the swallow for helping the people in need, so doing this he could wipe the tears of the Immortal Prince. So the Prince became happy again because the poor children of the town became happy thanks to him. Then the snow came, and then the ice. The swallow flew up to the Prince, with difficulty and said: Goodbye, dear Prince, Im not going to Africa, Im going to die. He kissed the Happy Prince, and fell down dead at his feet. At the moment there was a strange noise inside the Prince. His heart broke in two.
- 3. Early the next morning, the town leaders were walking in the square below. They looked up and said: The Happy Prince looks very bad today, so they pulled down the Happy Prince and after put it in a big fire. But this broken heart will not burn, so the leaders threw it into the rubbish , where dead bird was also lying. Some time later, the King said to the people to gave to him the most valuable things in the city and the people brought him the broken heart and the dead bird.
- 4. Designed by: Allegra Bellantonio Flavia Cuozzo Andrea Sannino