The supernatural fantasy fictional story "The Happy Prince"

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The statue was erected on a towering stake, so that if anyone climbed onto it, he would be able to see the whole city. The statue is basically not made of gold, but the whole body is decorated with gems. Two glistening sapphires clung to his eyes, gold leaf strands covering his body, and a ruby ​​shining from the base of his sword. People call it the Happy Prince.

Everyone in town was stunned by its beauty and grandeur. "It's a beautiful piece of art," commented one of the City Councilers who wanted to be praised for having a taste of art, "just not so useful," he added for fear of being considered unprofessional, even though he was not.

"Why can not you behave like a Happy Prince?" Demanded a mother whose baby kept crying for months. "The Happy Prince never cried for asking for anything."

"Thank God in this world there are still people who are very happy," said a man who always looked disappointed while looking at the statue with glazed eyes.

"He's like an angel," said the children who had just returned from school. They were still dressed in clean white uniforms.

"Do you know what angels are like?" Interrupted a professor, "I'm sure you've never seen an angel."

"Of course we've seen it in a dream," they replied, and the professor frowned and stared at them sharply because he did not think the children's dreams could serve as strong evidence.

One night, a Kite flying in the city sky. His friends had flown to Egypt six weeks ago, but not with him, because he was in love with a beautiful Pipit. He first saw him while chasing a butterfly in the early spring. The sparrow's beauty made her fall in love at first sight.

"Allow me to love you." Revealed the straightforward Layang-layang bird and the Pipit nodded slowly. With a happy heart, he flew around. Then he flies around the river and sometimes his wings touch the surface of the water and cause silvery ripples of water. This is how to marry the opposite sex and the procession lasts all summer.

"What a crazy love story," another great birdie grandchild, "the female bird has no possessions at all and a lot of family members". The river is indeed infested by many sparrows. Then when autumn comes, they all fly away.

After the group left, the Kite birds felt lonely and began to feel bored with her lover. "He does not say much," he thought, "and maybe he's a flirtatious woman because he always looks tempting with the wind." And sure enough, every time the wind blows, Pipit always gracefully bows and worships. "I admit it's motherly," he continued, "but I like to travel, and my boyfriend should love it, too."

"Come with me." Pinta Kayang Layang. The Pipit just shook his head, he loved his present place so he did not want to leave.

The Bird of Layang seemed disappointed with him. "You have not been serious with me from the beginning!" He shouted. "I'm going to the Pyramids, now. Goodbye! "He went away.

All that day he spent flying in no direction, and in the evening he arrived in a town. "Where can I rest?" He mumbled. "I hope there's a place for me to stop in town."

His gaze was then fixed on a statue that stood upright on a tall peg.

"I'm going to rest there," he said, "the place looks comfortable and plenty of fresh air." He stops between the feet of the Happy Prince.

"My bed is made of gold," he thought with satisfaction, then he prepared to sleep. But when he was about to lay his head beneath his wings, a drop of water fell on his body. "It's very strange!" She cried in surprise. "There are no clouds in the sky, the stars are clear and bright, but it is raining. The climate in northern Europe is very bad indeed. My beloved used to like rain, but that's because he's selfish. "

Then a drop of water fell again upon his body.

"What's the point of this statue if you can not get rid of the rain?" He roared, "I'd better find a chimney with a roof."

As he was about to flap his wings to fly, the third drop fell again. He looked up and saw-Ah! What did he see?

The Blessed Prince is crying, and his tears overflow soak his golden cheeks. Under the moonlight, his face looked so beautiful that the Kite birds felt sorry for him.

"Who are you?" He asked.

"I'm the Happy Prince."

"Then why are you crying?" Asked the Kites, "you make me soaked."

"When I was alive and had a human heart," she replied, "I do not know tears, because I live in Sans Souci Palace where sorrow is not allowed in. During the day, I played with my friends in the park, and in the evening I had a dance party in the Palace Hall. The high walls stood firmly along the garden, but I never asked what was behind it, everything around me was perfect. The royal counselors called me the Happy Prince, and I had always been happy-if pleasure could be considered happiness. All that does not change until I die. And now I'm dead-they set me up in such a high place that I could see all the misery in my town. Even though my heart is made of steel, I still can not help but cry out my grief. "

"What! So he's not entirely made of gold? "Inner birds. He did not say this out loud not to offend the Prince.

"In the distance," the statue continued in a low voice, "on the narrow road in the distance, there is a small shack. One of the windows was open, and from there I could see a woman sitting beside the table. His face was thin and tired, his hands rough and red with piercing needles. Apparently he's a tailor. He was embroidering a rose motif on the surface of the satin fabric for the bride's companion of the Queen. In the corner of his room, a small child lay sick. His body was high fever and his stomach was starving. He wants to eat apples. Her mother can not give her anything but river water, so her son can only cry. Birds, can you bring me a ruby ​​that is embedded in the handle of my sword to him? My feet are on this peg so I can not move. "

"But I'm going to Egypt," said the Kite bird. "Right now my friends must be flying with joy in the Nile, and joking with the lotus flowers there. Then they will rest in the tomb of the King lying in a beautifully painted chest. "

"The Kites," said the Prince, "would you stay with me for the night, and be my maid? The boy is very hungry, and his mother is sad. "

"I do not really like little kids," replied the Kites. "Last summer, while I was resting in the river, there were two naughty boys, they liked to throw me a stone. Of course their throws never hit me. We, the swallows, are flying very fast, besides, my family is famous for its agility. But still their actions are very inappropriate. "

The Prince's face looked so sad that the heart of the Layang Layang saw it. "The air here is very cold," he said, "but, well, I'll help you tonight."

"Thank you very much, Kite birds," said the Prince.

The Kite bird removed a large ruby ​​from the Prince's sword, then flew away carrying the stone in its beak.

He flew past the cathedral tower surrounded by angel statues. He passed through the royal palace and heard dance music echoing with festive nuances. A beautiful girl came out on the balcony with her lover. "Beautiful stars in the sky," said her lover, "they are symbols of how great the power of love is!"

"I hope my dress can be finished before the royal feast begins," said the beautiful girl, "I've already sent a message for her tailor to add a rose motive, but she's so slow. I think he's a slacker. "

The Kites continue to fly through the river and see the lanterns hanging from the mast of the ship. He crossed a Ghetto [1] and saw a Jewish man bargaining for goods. Finally he arrived at the hut house that the Prince meant. A child is wrestling in his bed with a very high fever, while his mother is asleep; he seems very tired. The Kites entered through an open window and placed rubies on a table near sewing equipment. Then he flew slowly around the child's bed to fan his forehead. "So cool," he said, "I must have recovered," then he fell back into his dreams.

He then went home and told the Prince what he had done. "It's very strange," he commented, "although the air around me is very cold, I feel warm now."

"That's because you've done a good deed," replied the Prince. The Birds thought for a moment and then fell asleep. Thinking always makes him drowsy.

When dawn began to dawn, he flew to the river and bathed there. "What a strange phenomenon," said a Professor of Ornithology [2] as he was passing over the bridge. "There's a Kite bird in the winter!" He also sent a very long report to the local news agency. As the news circulated, everyone talked about it, but it was filled with words they could not understand.

"Tonight I'm going to Egypt," said the Kite bird, and he was eager to fly. Before deciding to leave, he visited all the interesting places in town and sat very long above the church tower. Wherever he sits, the sparrows always chirp with each other, "The stranger is so strange!" But he does not care about them and still enjoys his casual time.

When the moon began to decorate the sky, he returned home. "Do you want to come with me to Egypt?" He asked, "we can go together if you want."

"Birds," said the Prince, "can you stay another night here?"

"But my friends are waiting in Egypt," answered the Kites. "Tomorrow my friends will fly to visit a very high waterfall there. Then they will fly through the surrounding river surrounded by a multitudinous grass, then stop at the god Memnon's throne made of granite rocks. "

"Birds," said the Prince, "in the distance, I saw a young man in his attic. He was sitting behind a scattered desk, and beside him was a vase. But the flowers in it have withered. He is finishing drama for the Director of the Theater, but he is so cold that he can not afford to write anymore. He has no money to buy firewood or food, so his fireplace does not burn, and hunger makes him unconscious. "

"All right, I'll stay with you one more night," said the Kite bird who had a sincere heart. "Do you want to give it a ruby ​​too?"

"It's a shame I ran out of rubies," said the Prince, "only my two eyes are left now. My eyes are made of rare sapphires brought from India a thousand years ago. Take one of them and bring it to him. He can sell it to jewelry merchants so he can buy firewood and finish his drama. "

"O Prince," said the Kite bird, "I can not do that." He began to weep.

"Birds," the Prince replied, "do what I want you to do."

The birds with a heavy heart lifted sapphires from the prince's eyes, and flew into the boy's room. It was easy for him to get in there because there was a hole in his roof. When he entered, he saw the young man's hand curled around his head so that he could not hear the fluttering of the bird's wings, and when he opened his eyes he saw a shining sapphire near the wilted flowers.

"It seems people are beginning to respect me," he thought with joy, "this must be from an admirer of my work. Now I can finish the drama I'm writing. "The young man looked very happy.

The next day the Layang Layang flew to the harbor. He perched on a large mast of ships and watched the sailors transport large crates into the ship. "Let's dock!" They shouted each time they managed to haul a crate into the ship. "I'm going to Egypt!" Shouted the Kite bird, but no one responded and as the moon came back to shine, he returned to the Prince's place.

"I've come to say goodbye," he chirped.

"Kites," said the Prince, "can you stay another night with me?"

"It's winter," replied the Kites, "and the snow will soon come down here. While in Egypt, the sun always shines warm. My friends are now building a nest at the Temple of Baalbec, accompanied by pigeons singing. O Prince, I think I should leave you, but I will never forget you, and in the spring I will bring you two very beautiful gems to replace the jewelry you have given. The ruby ​​I'll bring will be redder than the rose, and the sapphire will be as blue as the ocean. "

"In the town square," begins the Prince, "there's a girl selling matches. All the matches he was carrying fell into the trenches and wet. Her father would beat her if she did not come home with money, and she cried. He does not wear shoes or socks, and his little head is not covered by anything. Cold air freely enveloped her. Unplug the rest of my eyes and bring the sapphire to him.

"All right, I'll stay another night," replied the Kite, "but I do not want to take your eyes off. Later you can be blind. "

"Birds," said the Prince, "do as I please."

The Kite bird removed the sapphire from the Prince's eyes, and flew away with it. With a quick flash she crossed the matchmaker's girl and managed to slip the sapphire in her hand. "This rock really sparkles," the girl said cheerfully, and she came home with a happy heart.

Then the Kite-Layang returned to the Prince's place. "Now you're blind," he said, "and I can not bear to leave you, so I decided to stay with you forever."

"No, birds," replied the Prince, now feeling sorry, "you have to go to Egypt."

"I will stay with you forever," protested Kite bird firmly, and then he fell asleep at the Prince's feet.

The next day, he stops over the prince's shoulder and tells of what he has seen in foreign places. He told me about the red ibis standing in a row on the banks of the Nile, and catching the golden fish with their beaks. About the very old Sphinx statue, and although he only lives in the desert, he knows everything. The merchants who walked slowly beside their camels while holding the beads. A king of all mountains and moon that is as dark as an ebon wood and worships a large crystal stone. The green serpent inhabiting a palm tree, and twenty pastors who always come to feed him. The dwarfs who dribble the lake on the leaves, and always fight with the butterflies.

"Bird Kite," said the Prince, "you tell me about things that are incredible, but it is more remarkable is the suffering experienced by mankind. There is no greater mystery than suffering. Fly to town, my friend, and tell me what you see there. "

Kite bird flew around the city, and saw the rich people live happily in their stately homes, while the beggars sitting near the city gates. Then he flew to a road that was rarely touched by the sunlight and saw the starving faces of the children who looked at the dark street with blank stares. Under the bridge, there are two small children lying together to keep their bodies warm. "We're hungry!" They shouted. "Hey! Do not sleep here, "a guard rage and they walked in the rain with a stumbling step.

Then he came home and told the Prince what he had seen.

"My body is covered with pure gold," said the Prince, "pull it all down, stretch by piece, and give it to all the poor. Everyone thinks gold can make them happy. "

The strands of gold leaf are removed from the Prince's body, until his appearance turns to shabby. The strands by gold leaf are distributed to the poor, until the children's faces are blushing and laughing while playing in the street. "Now we can eat bread!" They shouted.

Then the snow followed by the ice dew. The streets look like they are made of silver, the colors are very bright and shimmering. The frozen water droplets formed like crystal daggers hanging on the fringes of the roof, everyone went in fur jackets, and little kids wore red hats and skated on ice.

The poor Puppet was getting cold, but he did not want to go away from the Prince's side, he loved her so much. He ate the bread crumbs scattered outside the shop door and tried to warm himself by flapping his wings.

But he realized that in the end he would die. Now he only has the remaining energy to fly onto the Prince's shoulder for the last time. "Goodbye, Prince," he whispered, "let me kiss your hand."

"I'm glad you're going to Egypt, the Kites," said the Prince, "you've been here too long, but I want you to kiss me on the cheek because I love you."

"I will not go to Egypt," replied the Kites. "I'm going to the House of Death and resting there for good."

Then the Kite bird kissed his cheek and fell helpless. Now he's dead.

Just then, a cracking sound was heard from within the Prince's body, as if something had broken inside him. Actually, the Prince's steel heart was split in two. Probably because of a very cold ice dew.

The next morning the Mayor was walking on the square while accompanied by the Council. As they passed the prince's statue, they chuckled, "My goodness! What a statue this is! "

"Yes, shabby!" Repeated the City Council who always agreed with whatever opinion from the Mayor, then they looked up.

"A ruby ​​disappears from his blade, as well as his sapphire eyes, and his old-clad body is now just like a beggar." The mayor continued, "his appearance is not even better than a beggar!"

"Yes, no better than a beggar," they repeated again.

"And there's a dead bird on his leg!" Shouted the Mayor. "We have to issue a rule that birds are forbidden to die here." And City Employee noted his suggestion.

They also lowered the prince's statue. "Because now he is no longer beautiful and useful," commented Professor of Art at a university.

Then they melted the statue in the burning machine, while the Mayor held a meeting with the owners of the company to determine what they should do with the iron. "We can build a new statue," he advised, "and that statue is me."

"Yes, me," they said, and they quarreled. Even today they still fight each other.

"Very strange!" Said a worker in the kiln. "This broken heart can not melt even though I've been burning for so long. Let's just throw it away. "Then they throw it in a pile of garbage where the body of the Kite bird lay stiff.

"Bring me two of the most precious things of the city," the Lord commanded one of his angels, and then the angel brought him the steel heart of the prince and the body of the Kite bird.

"You have chosen correctly," said God, "this little bird will sing forever in the Garden of Heaven, while the Prince will worship me and live in the city of gold."