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0:00the happy
0:03prince a version of the tale by the
0:05Fable cottage.com
0:10high above the city stands the statue of
0:14the happy
0:16prince he is covered with fine gold
0:21leaf his eyes are two blue
0:25sapphires he has a big red ruby on his
0:29sore
0:31everyone loves
0:33him look at the happy prince says a
0:37mother to her son who is crying his eyes
0:40out the happy prince never cries don't
0:45you want to be like
0:47him well at least someone is happy in
0:51this town mutters a grumpy man as he
0:55contemplates the beautiful
0:58statue he looks like an angel say the
1:02children in the
1:05orphanage one night a little swallow
1:08flies over the
1:10city he is all alone his friends all
1:14flew away to Egypt 6 weeks
1:18ago the swallow stayed behind because he
1:21had fallen in love with the most
1:24beautiful
1:25Reed she was tall and slender and she
1:29moved so gracefully in the
1:31wind the other swallows had laughed at
1:34his
1:35romance it's so ridiculous they said she
1:40has no money and no steady
1:45job then Autumn arrived the other birds
1:49left for Egypt and the little swallow
1:52began to get tired of his
1:56lover well yes she is beautiful but does
2:00she like to travel he
2:03wondered of course my future wife must
2:06like to
2:08travel so he asked the Reed will you
2:13come to Egypt with me it'll be so much
2:16fun I'll show you the
2:19pyramids but the Reed shook her
2:23head very well I will go alone replied
2:28the swallow
2:30goodbye and he flew away towards the
2:34[Music]
2:36city he arrives in the city after dark
2:41now where am I going to sleep he
2:45wonders he sees the statue of the happy
2:49prince ah I will sleep there The View
2:54will be
2:56Magnificent the swallow lands between
2:58the feet of the happy prince he looks
3:02around
3:03himself
3:05amazing I have a golden
3:08bedroom he is just about to fall asleep
3:13when a drop of water falls on his
3:17head what is it raining he wonders
3:22strange I don't see any
3:25clouds then blop another Drop Falls on
3:29on him lousy statue he mutters it can't
3:35even protect me from the rain maybe I
3:38should find a nice chimney
3:41instead but
3:43then another Drop
3:46Falls the swallow looks up and what does
3:50he
3:51see the eyes of the happy prince are
3:54filled with tears tears are streaming
3:57down his golden cheeks
4:00his face looks so sad in the
4:03Moonlight the little swallow is filled
4:06with
4:07pity who are you he asks the
4:12statue I am the happy
4:16prince well why are you crying then asks
4:21the swallow I'm all
4:24wet H you know when I was alive and had
4:30a human heart I never cried the statue
4:35says I lived in son sui
4:39Palace there is no sorrow at s Su
4:43SE every night I danced in the Great
4:48Hall during the day I played with my
4:51friends in the
4:53garden there was a big wall around the
4:56garden but I never asked what was on the
4:59other
5:01side why would I ask everything around
5:05me was so
5:07beautiful when I was alive everyone
5:11called me the happy
5:14prince and yes I was happy if pleasure
5:19and happiness are the same
5:21thing but then I died and they put me
5:25here now I can see all the sadness and
5:29ugly less of my
5:31city my heart is made of lead but I
5:35cannot stop
5:37crying what he has a heart of lead I
5:42thought he was solid gold thinks the
5:45swallow to himself but he doesn't say it
5:48out loud he's too
5:52polite far from here continues the
5:56statue far from here the there is a
6:00small
6:01Street in this street there is a small
6:05house one of the windows is open and I
6:09can see a
6:11woman she is sitting at a table her face
6:15looks tired and
6:18worried her hands are red and
6:22calloused she is a seamstress and she is
6:25sewing a dress for a wealthy
6:28lady
6:29her little boy is lying on the bed ill
6:34with a
6:35fever he wants oranges but his mother
6:38does not have the money to buy
6:41oranges all she can give him to drink is
6:45water from the river so the little boy
6:48continues to
6:51cry little swallow there is a ruby on my
6:55sword please take it to his
6:58mother I'm I am a statue now I can't do
7:02it
7:04myself I'm sorry I can't says the
7:09swallow I must fly to Egypt my friends
7:13are waiting for me they will be flying
7:16up and down the Nile and talking to the
7:19lotus flowers they will be sleeping in
7:22the Tomb of the great king I must go
7:28too look little swallow says the prince
7:32please be my messenger just for one
7:36night the little boy is so thirsty and
7:39his mother is so
7:42sad but I don't even like little boys
7:46says the swallow little boys throw
7:49stones at me of course they never reach
7:53me but who cares it's very
7:56rude but the happy prince looks sad sad
8:00and the swallow feels
8:02guilty it's very cold here he says but I
8:07will stay one night and help you thank
8:12you little swallow says the
8:15prince so the swallow removes the Ruby
8:18from the prince's sword he holds it in
8:21his beak and flies over the roofs of the
8:25city he flies over the cathedral with
8:28its Angels made of white
8:31marble he flies over the river and sees
8:35the lanterns hanging from the masts of
8:37the
8:38boats he flies over the market and hears
8:42the seller shout oranges come and get
8:46your beautiful
8:49oranges he flies over the palace and
8:52hears the sound of music and
8:56dancing a young girl and her boyfriend
8:59come out onto the balcony of the
9:02palace the Stars Are So Beautiful says
9:07the
9:08boyfriend and so are
9:12you I hope my dress will be ready and
9:15time for the ball says the girl my
9:18seamstress is so
9:20slow finally the swallow arrives at the
9:24woman's
9:25house he looks through the
9:27window the little boy is tossing
9:30feverishly in his
9:32bed the mother is so tired that she has
9:36fallen asleep at her sewing
9:39table the swallow hops
9:42inside he gently puts the Ruby down on
9:45the
9:46table then he flutters around the little
9:49boy's bed gently Fanning him with his
9:54wings I don't feel so hot anymore says
9:58the little
10:00boy I think I'm getting
10:03better the swallow goes back to see the
10:06happy prince he tells the prince what he
10:10did it's strange says the swallow the
10:14weather is really cold but I feel quite
10:18warm
10:19now that's because you have done
10:22something good says the
10:24prince the little swallow begins to
10:27think then he falls asleep thinking
10:31always makes him
10:33[Music]
10:34sleepy in the morning the swallo takes a
10:37bath in the
10:39river tonight I'm going to Egypt he says
10:44he is very happy he spends the day
10:48visiting the tourist attractions of the
10:50city wherever he goes The Sparrows chirp
10:55and ask each
10:56other who is this dis distinguished
11:00stranger it can't be a swallow here in
11:05Winter the swallow likes to be the
11:08center of
11:09attention he enjoys himself
11:14[Music]
11:16immensely as The Moon Rises the swallow
11:19flies back to the happy
11:21prince can I bring you back something
11:24from Egypt he asks I'm just about to
11:28leave
11:29little swallow says the prince please
11:33stay with me one more
11:36night my friends will be waiting for me
11:39in Egypt replies the swallow tomorrow
11:43they will go further up the river there
11:46will be hippos in The Tall Grass at noon
11:50the yellow Lions will come down to drink
11:53on the shore their eyes are green like
11:57emeralds I absolutely abolutely must see
12:01this little swallow says the prince on
12:05the other side of town I see a young
12:09man he lives in a cramped drafty attic
12:14he is sitting at a desk covered with
12:17papers he is trying to write a play but
12:21his hands are too cold to hold a
12:25pen he has no money to buy firewood or
12:32food all right I will stay with you one
12:35more night says the swallow do you have
12:39another
12:41Ruby alas no says the prince but I have
12:46my eyes these are sapphires from
12:50India please take one of my eyes to the
12:53young man he can use it to buy food as
12:57well as wood he he can then finish
12:59writing his
13:01play oh no no way says the swallow I
13:06can't take one of your
13:09eyes little swallow says the prince
13:13please do as I
13:15ask so the swallow takes the prince's
13:18eye and flies to the young man's
13:23attic it's easy to get in there's a hole
13:26in the roof
13:29the young man is resting his head in his
13:33hands he doesn't hear the rustling of
13:36wings as the swallow places the sapphire
13:39in front of
13:41him when the young man looks up he finds
13:44the beautiful Sapphire just lying there
13:48on his
13:49desk a donation he
13:52cries someone likes my work now I can
13:56finish my play
14:04the next day the swallow flies to the
14:07harbor he lands on the Mast of a large
14:12ship he watches the sailors taking the
14:15cargo out of the holds of the ship he
14:22ho I am going to Egypt he
14:26declares but no one hears
14:29him when the Moon Rises he flies to the
14:33happy
14:35prince I've come to Say Goodbye Says the
14:40swallow little swallow says the prince
14:44please stay with me one more
14:48night it's winter now replies the
14:52swallow soon it will
14:55snow but in Egypt the sun will be
14:59shining I will see green palm trees I
15:03will see crocodiles lying in the mud my
15:07friends will be building their nests
15:10dear Prince I must go but I will never
15:14forget you and next spring I will bring
15:17you two beautiful jewels to replace the
15:20ones you have given away the Ruby will
15:23be as red as a rose and the sapphire
15:26will be as blue as the
15:29see in the Square just below us says the
15:33prince there is a little girl selling
15:37flowers she has dropped a lot of them on
15:39the ground and now they're
15:42ruined her family will starve if she
15:45doesn't bring some money
15:47home she's
15:49crying she has no shoes or socks she has
15:55no winter jacket and no warm hat
16:00please take my other eye and give it to
16:04her the swallow
16:07sigh I can stay another night he says
16:12but I can't take your eye you will be
16:17blind little swallow says the prince
16:21please do as I
16:24ask so the swallow removes the prince's
16:27other eye
16:29he flies down to the square he swoops
16:33past the little girl and drops the jewel
16:36into her
16:38hand ooh so pretty exclaims the little
16:44girl she runs home
16:47laughing the swallow returns to the
16:51prince now you are blind he says so I am
16:56going to stay with you
16:59no little swallow says the poor Prince
17:03you have to go to
17:06Egypt no I will stay with you forever
17:10says the swallow and he falls asleep at
17:14the princess
17:18feet the next day the swallow sits on
17:21the princess
17:23shoulder he tells stories to the prince
17:26because the prince cannot see
17:30he talks about Egypt the desert the
17:34camels the Sphinx the
17:37pyramids and the huge snakes in the palm
17:41trees dear little swallow says the
17:45prince you speak of such extraordinary
17:49things but do you know what is even more
17:52extraordinary to me the suffering of
17:56people there is no my
17:58greater than
18:00misery fly over my city little swallow
18:04and tell me what you
18:06see so the swallow flies over the
18:10city he sees rich people living
18:13comfortably in their beautiful homes
18:16while Beggars sit at their
18:19doorsteps he sees hungry children
18:22sitting in the dark
18:25streets he sees two little boys huddled
18:29together under a bridge trying to get
18:33warm you can't sleep here says a
18:37policeman go on get and the boys Scamper
18:41off into the
18:45rain the swallow returns to the prince
18:49and tells him what he has
18:53seen I am covered in Gold says the
18:57prince p peal it off and give it to the
19:01poor piece by piece the swallow removes
19:05the thin layer of gold from the
19:09prince soon the happy prince appears
19:12dull and
19:15gray piece by piece the swallow gives
19:19the gold to the
19:21poor the children's faces grow
19:25Rosy they laugh and play in the street
19:29we have bread
19:32now then the snow comes and then the
19:38frost the streets turn white long
19:42icicles hang from the eaves of the
19:45houses everyone wears winter jackets and
19:49the children skate on the
19:52ice the poor little swallow gets colder
19:56and colder but he does not leave the
20:00prince he eats the crumbs from in front
20:03of the baker's
20:05door he tries to warm himself by
20:08flapping his
20:13wings then finally he knows he is going
20:18to
20:19die he lands on the prince's shoulder
20:22one last
20:24time goodbye dear Prince
20:28he
20:30whispers I'm glad you're finally going
20:33to Egypt little swallow says the prince
20:37you have stayed here far too
20:42long I'm not going to Egypt says the
20:47swallow I am going to the house of
20:51death death is the brother of sleep is
20:55he
20:57not he kisses the happy prince and falls
21:01down dead at his
21:04feet at that moment a strange sound
21:08comes from inside the
21:10Statue
21:12crack the prince's lead heart breaks
21:21into the next morning the mayor of the
21:24city walks past the statue with his City
21:27Council
21:30s oh my the happy prince does not look
21:35great he
21:37says not great at all the counselors say
21:42they always agree with the
21:46mayor where is his Ruby continues the
21:50mayor where are his eyes and he is not
21:54golden anymore not great at all oh dear
21:57he doesn't look like a happy
22:00prince why he looks no better than a
22:05beggar no better than a beggar the
22:09counselors say and what the oh my my
22:15word goodness
22:17me there is a dead bird at his
22:21feet we need to pass a new law birds are
22:26not permitted to die on
22:31statues someone note that down and
22:34someone notes it
22:37down they pulled down the statue of the
22:40happy
22:41prince if it is not beautiful then it is
22:44not useful says an article in the
22:47[Music]
22:49newspaper they melt the statue in a
22:52furnace but the heart of lead won't melt
22:58this is so weird says one of The Foundry
23:02workers what should we do with
23:05this me just throw it away says another
23:10and don't tell the
23:15boss so they throw the princess heart on
23:18a pile of trash right next to the dead
23:26swallow bring me the two most precious
23:29things in the city says God to one of
23:33the
23:34Angels the angel fetches the heart of
23:38lead and the dead
23:41bird ah you have chosen well says
23:46God this little bird will sing in The
23:49Gardens of
23:51paradise and in my city of gold the
23:55prince will be happy when once
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