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There is no Mystery so great as Misery

Stories like this are the reason I still love Classic short stories. I loved the concept. But again, this story has a bitter-sweet ending. Like it's the rule of classic literature to not give happy endings. I understand, I really do, that they just show reality. But don't know why they just make me over-sad.

The living always think that gold can make them happy.

OVERVIEW
There is a statue of a prince called 'Happy Prince' at the place where everyone can see it. It is decorated with precious things like gold, ruby and sapphires.
One day a Swallow, while going to Egypt because it's cold here, comes across the statue of Happy Prince and came to know it can talk. The statue tells him the story of its being Happy Prince that how he was a prince and how much pleasures he had and how he didn't know his people were in miserable state while he was enjoying behind the walls of palace and finally died.
The Prince commands the Swallow to help the people of his town by giving them precious decorations of his body. He do has he says because he is good by nature.
When the Prince gives away his sapphire rock eyes, the Swallow decides to live with him forever. And Swallow dies of cold even though he could go to Egypt. He didn't left his blind friend. :(

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This is a great short story. I would recommend this. No matter how old you are, I think you can get something from this.

Sad Quotes

"I am going to the House of Death. Death is the brother of Sleep, is he not?"

"As he is no longer beautiful he is no longer useful" (said the mayor when he the dull statue of Prince). (-__-)

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September 24, 2017