THE HAPPY PRINCE
me ! how shabby the Happy Prince looks ! ' he said.
" How shabby, indeed ! cried the Town Councillors, who always agreed with the Mayor ; and they went up to look at it.
" The ruby has fallen out of his sword, his eyes are gone, and he is golden no longer," said the Mayor ; " in fact, he is little better than a beggar ! '
" Little better than a beggar," said the Town Councillors.
a And here is actually a dead bird at his feet ! ' continued the Mayor. " We must really issue a proclamation that birds are not to be allowed to die here." And the Town Clerk made a note of the suggestion.
So they pulled down the statue of the
Happy Prince. " As he is no longer beautiful
| he is no longer useful," said the Art Professor
at the University.
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