The Happy Prince Class 9 PPT

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The Happy Prince
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The Happy Prince
This is a story about the statue of a Happy 
Prince and a little Swallow. 
The Happy Prince was a beautiful statue stood 
on a tall column high above the city. 
The statue was covered with thin leaves of 
gold. 
He had sapphires for his eyes and a ruby in his 
sword.
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The Happy Prince
This is a story about the statue of a Happy 
Prince and a little Swallow. 
The Happy Prince was a beautiful statue stood 
on a tall column high above the city. 
The statue was covered with thin leaves of 
gold. 
He had sapphires for his eyes and a ruby in his 
sword.
One day a little swallow stayed between the feet 
of the Happy Prince. 
A large drop of water fell on the swallow when 
he got ready to go to sleep. 
The swallow learnt that these were the tears 
falling from the Happy Prince’s eyes. 
The Happy Prince told him about the misery 
around him. 
The swallow made up his mind to stay there.
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The Happy Prince
This is a story about the statue of a Happy 
Prince and a little Swallow. 
The Happy Prince was a beautiful statue stood 
on a tall column high above the city. 
The statue was covered with thin leaves of 
gold. 
He had sapphires for his eyes and a ruby in his 
sword.
One day a little swallow stayed between the feet 
of the Happy Prince. 
A large drop of water fell on the swallow when 
he got ready to go to sleep. 
The swallow learnt that these were the tears 
falling from the Happy Prince’s eyes. 
The Happy Prince told him about the misery 
around him. 
The swallow made up his mind to stay there.
At first, the Prince asked the swallow to take the ruby from his sword 
and give it to the needy seamstress 
who had no money to take care of her ailing son. 
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The Happy Prince
This is a story about the statue of a Happy 
Prince and a little Swallow. 
The Happy Prince was a beautiful statue stood 
on a tall column high above the city. 
The statue was covered with thin leaves of 
gold. 
He had sapphires for his eyes and a ruby in his 
sword.
One day a little swallow stayed between the feet 
of the Happy Prince. 
A large drop of water fell on the swallow when 
he got ready to go to sleep. 
The swallow learnt that these were the tears 
falling from the Happy Prince’s eyes. 
The Happy Prince told him about the misery 
around him. 
The swallow made up his mind to stay there.
At first, the Prince asked the swallow to take the ruby from his sword 
and give it to the needy seamstress 
who had no money to take care of her ailing son. 
Then the Happy Prince saw a writer. He was suffering from cold and 
was hungry. Happy Prince asked the swallow to give one of the 
sapphire to the writer. The swallow did not want to pluck out the 
sapphire from his eyes, but he obeyed him unwillingly.