THE HAPPY PRINCE THE HAPPY PRINCE It tells the story of a Prince who lived a long time ago in a big walled palace. His life was very happy but the massive walls that separated him from the rest of the people didn´t let him see the reality (the poverty, the hunger …). A gold statue on the top of a large column was built when he died in order to make all citizens remember “The Happy Prince”. As autumn ended, all swallows emigrated to Egypt apart from one who stayed enjoying there with the reeds next to the river flying around them. However, the swallow got bored because the reeds were so beautiful but they didn´t say anything. So, he decided to emigrate to Egypt where all the swallows were going. It was cold that night, therefore he tried to find a proper place to spend the night. He thought that the statue was a good place to sleep but, after a few minutes, the statue started to cry. The swallow asked him why he was crying and he told, “When I was alive I couldn´t see the real life but since I am here, I just see starving and thirsty people“ The prince asked the swallow for help. He wanted the swallow to be his messenger for one night to give a ruby to a family with a sick child. The mother could only give him river water and the child´s fever was getting him worse. As the swallow returned, he said that he has to go but the prince asked him for the last favour. He begged the swallow to stay one more day so as to help a young man who was trying to finish a play but he couldn´t finish because of the cold. To do this, he pulled out one of his eyes made of sapphire. It happened the same with a young girl who sold matches in the street. If she didn´t arrive home with money, his father would beat her. The swallow came back a while later and he said that he was going to stay with him forever. The prince was so happy and he said him to fly around the village so as to tell him what he could see. Later, he removed leaf by leaf all his body made of gold to give all the gold to poor people. (I DIDN´T FINISH IT BUT IT WOULD BE QUITE BORING TO WRITE THE WHOLE STORY)