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Oscar Wilde
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Covered with gold and precious stones, the sculpture of the Happy Prince stood on a pillar above the city. Everyone admired the beautiful statue. Once a Starling flew over the city - he left his beloved Reed, who was a homebody and did not share the love of travel, but only flirted with the Wind; he settled down for the night between the shoes of the Prince. Suddenly, the bird felt the tears of the Prince on itself - he was crying, for he saw all the sorrow and poverty of the city, although he had a tin heart. By request

Prince Starling did not fly to Egypt, but for several days he carried help to poor people in the form of jewelry from a sculpture: a seamstress whose son was ill - a ruby ​​​​from a sword, a poor young playwright - a sapphire eye, a girl who dropped matches for sale into a ditch - the second sapphire.
Winter came, but the Starling decided to stay with the Prince and told him, already blind, about Egypt, where the bird itself was so eager. After the Starling, leaf by leaf, distributed all the gold that covered the sculpture, the winged assistant died. The pewter heart of the Prince split in two.
The ugly statue was removed and melted down. The head of the city decided that it was time to erect a monument to himself, but the Councilors did not agree - everyone quarreled. A pewter heart and a dead bird were thrown into a landfill, from where they were taken by an Angel, whom the Lord asked to bring the most precious thing that he would find in this city.

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Genre: literary fairy tale

The main characters of the fairy tale "The Happy Prince" and their characteristics

  1. Martin. Kind, sympathetic, affectionate, faithful.
  2. Happy prince. Merciful, compassionate.
Plan for retelling the fairy tale "The Happy Prince"
  1. beautiful statue
  2. Swallow and reed
  3. strange drop
  4. Ruby for a seamstress
  5. Sapphire for a Writer
  6. Sapphire for a girl
  7. blind prince
  8. Gold for the poor
  9. Death of the Swallow
  10. shattered heart
  11. Demolished statue
  12. In Paradise
The shortest content of the fairy tale "The Happy Prince" for the reader's diary in 6 sentences
  1. The swallow sat down at the feet of the statue of the Happy Prince, and a tear fell on her.
  2. The swallow carried the ruby ​​from the Prince's sword to a poor seamstress with a sick child.
  3. The swallow gave the sapphire to a young hungry writer
  4. The swallow gave the second sapphire to the poor girl.
  5. The swallow gave the gold to the poor and died of the cold.
  6. The prince's heart broke, the statue was demolished, and the Lord took the heart and the dead Swallow.
The main idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe fairy tale "The Happy Prince"
Love for other people should be stronger than love for yourself.

What does the fairy tale "The Happy Prince" teach?
The tale teaches compassion and mercy, teaches not to remain indifferent in the face of someone else's grief. Teaches kindness and selflessness. It teaches to give alms, to share everything that you have. Teaches you to love your neighbor as yourself.

Review of the fairy tale "The Happy Prince"
This is a very touching tale about a kind Swallow and a merciful Prince. They gave their lives to make people in the city happy, and that's wonderful. By their feat they deserved eternity in paradise.

Proverbs for the fairy tale "The Happy Prince"
Whoever does good, God will repay him.
A good deed nourishes both soul and body.
Good people die, but their deeds live on.
A kind heart about someone else's misfortune hurts.
Good - good memory.

Read the summary, a brief retelling of the fairy tale "The Happy Prince"
On the column was a statue of the Happy Prince. It was trimmed with gold, the prince's eyes were made of sapphires, and the prince's sword was decorated with a ruby.
Everyone around admired the statue and considered the prince to be like an angel.
One day, the Swallow made friends with a reed. She fell in love with the thin plant and circled around the reed all summer. Her friends had already flown to Egypt, and now the Swallow was also about to fly away. She flew to the city and settled down to rest at the feet of the statue of the Prince.
Suddenly a heavy drop fell on her. The swallow was surprised, because there was not a cloud in the sky. But it turned out that it was a crying statue.
The swallow asked the Prince why he was crying, and he said that while he was alive, he lived in the palace and had fun at balls. When he died, they put him on a column, and now he sees all the poverty and pain of his people. That is why he cries, despite the fact that his heart is made of lead.
The prince said that he saw a poor woman, a seamstress, who was embroidering a beautiful dress, and her son was lying sick and would soon die. And the Prince asked the Swallow to take the ruby ​​from his sword to the seamstress.
The swallow was cold and she was in a hurry to go to Egypt, but the Prince persuaded the bird so persistently that the swallow agreed. She took the ruby ​​and carried it to the seamstress's room.
When she returned, she said that she was not cold at all, and the Prince explained that it was because she had done a good deed.
The next evening, the Swallow announced to the Prince that she was flying to Egypt, but he again began to ask her to stay. He told about a hungry young man who did not have the strength to finish the play, and asked the Swallow to take the sapphire from his eye to the young man.
The swallow agreed and took the sapphire to the young man, and in the evening returned to the prince. She said that she was flying to Egypt, and that in the spring she would bring the Prince stones even more beautiful than those that he had given to the poor.
But the Prince again began to persuade the Swallow to stay. He told her about a little girl who had dropped and wet her matches and was now crying because her father would punish her severely. The prince asked the Swallow to give the girl the second sapphire. The swallow dropped the sapphire into the girl's hands, and she laughed.
And the Swallow returned to the Prince and said that she would stay with him forever, because he became blind. She sat down at his feet and talked all day about distant and wonderful lands.
And then the Prince asked her to fly around the city and tell what she saw.
The swallow flew around the city and told the Prince about poverty and hungry children. And the Prince asked that all the gold be stripped from him and distributed to the poor.
Winter has come. The swallow was very cold and was interrupted by bread crumbs. And then she realized that she was dying. She climbed onto the Prince's shoulder and began to say goodbye to him.
The prince said that he was happy that the Swallow was finally flying to Egypt and asked to kiss him on the lips, because he fell in love with the swallow. The swallow replied that she was not flying to Egypt, but to the abode of death and kissed the Prince.
And then the Swallow fell dead at his feet. There was a terrible crack, it was the Prince's pewter heart that cracked.
In the morning, the mayor said that the statue looked shabby, the gilding had come off, the eyes fell out, and the ruby ​​was lost. At the feet of the statue lay a dead swallow and the head ordered that birds should not die near the statues.
The statue was taken down and melted down. Only the tin heart did not want to be melted down, and it was thrown into the landfill, where the dead Swallow was already lying.
And the Lord sent his angel to the city, telling him to bring the most precious thing. And the angel brought a dead bird and a pewter heart. And the Lord praised his choice, saying that the bird would chirp forever in his gardens of Eden, and the Happy Prince would forever praise the Lord in his golden palace.

The tale begins with a description of the protagonist - a precious statue of a prince standing above the city. Everyone admires the golden Prince. Girls say that he looks like an angel from a dream, mothers put an "obedient" statue to their children as an example, art lovers praise the decoration.

The second hero of the tale is the Starling. He should have already flown to hot Egypt, but lagged behind his feathered counterparts, as he fell in love with a reed. Everyone laughed at his love, but the saddest thing was that in the end, Reed herself laughed. Sad Starling decided to spend the night at the feet of the statue and in the morning fly after his flock.

At night, the statue spoke to him. It turned out that the soul of the prince moved into this beautiful statue, and now from his height he sees all the troubles and misfortunes of poor people, which he had no idea about during his life in the palace. He really wanted to help the poor, so he asked the Starling to take the ruby ​​from his sword to the sick boy. The starling, who also had a good heart, agreed.

The next night, when the bird was about to fly to Egypt, the Prince begged her to stay late in order to take the precious stone to the starving playwright. This stone was a sapphire - the eye of the Prince. The starling agreed. And the next night he did not fly away, because it was necessary to take the second sapphire eye to the poor girl. So the bird did not fly away this winter ... But the Starling was so tired, taking pieces of gold to the beggars, and he froze so much that he died. (Local officials were even going to issue a decree forbidding birds to die near the protected statue.) And the unfortunate Prince, from whom only an ugly pewter-hearted carp remained, was sent to a landfill. There they were found with the dead Starling.

And then one day an angel flew into the city to find the most expensive thing here. The angel brought the Starling and the heart of the Prince to Paradise.

The story teaches mercy and the reward that follows sincere self-sacrifice.

A picture or drawing of The Happy Prince

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Oscar Wilde
Happy Prince
Covered with gold and precious stones, the sculpture of the Happy Prince stood on a pillar above the city. Everyone admired the beautiful statue. Once a Starling flew over the city - he left his beloved Reed, who was a homebody and did not share the love of travel, but only flirted with the Wind; he settled down for the night between the shoes of the Prince. Suddenly, the bird felt the tears of the Prince on itself - he was crying, for he saw all the sorrow and poverty of the city, although he had a tin heart. At the request of the Starling Prince

He didn’t fly to Egypt, but for several days he brought help to poor people in the form of jewelry from a sculpture: a ruby ​​from a sword for a seamstress whose son was ill, a sapphire eye for a poor young playwright, a second sapphire for a girl who dropped matches for sale into a ditch.
Winter came, but the Starling decided to stay with the Prince and told him, already blind, about Egypt, where the bird itself was so eager. After the Starling, leaf by leaf, distributed all the gold that covered the sculpture, the winged assistant died. The pewter heart of the Prince split in two.
The ugly statue was removed and melted down. The head of the city decided that it was time to erect a monument to himself, but the Councilors did not agree - everyone quarreled. A pewter heart and a dead bird were thrown into a landfill, from where they were taken by an Angel, whom the Lord asked to bring the most precious thing that he would find in this city.



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Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde

"The Happy Prince and Other Tales"

Happy Prince

Covered with gold and precious stones, the sculpture of the Happy Prince stood on a pillar above the city. Everyone admired the beautiful statue. Once a Starling flew over the city - he left his beloved Reed, who was a homebody and did not share the love of travel, but only flirted with the Wind; he settled down for the night between the shoes of the Prince. Suddenly, the bird felt the tears of the Prince on itself - he was crying, for he saw all the sorrow and poverty of the city, although he had a tin heart. At the request of the Prince, the Starling did not fly to Egypt, but for several days carried help to poor people in the form of jewelry from a sculpture: a seamstress whose son was ill - a ruby ​​from a sword, a poor young playwright - a sapphire eye, a girl who dropped matches for sale into a ditch - the second sapphire.

Winter came, but the Starling decided to stay with the Prince and told him, already blind, about Egypt, where the bird itself was so eager. After the Starling handed out leaf by leaf all the gold that covered the sculpture, the winged assistant died. The pewter heart of the Prince split in two.

The ugly statue was removed and melted down. The head of the city decided that it was time to erect a monument to himself, but the Councilors did not agree - everyone quarreled. A pewter heart and a dead bird were thrown into a landfill, from where they were taken by an angel, whom the Lord asked to bring the most precious thing that he would find in this city.

Boy and Giant

Every day the children played in the beautiful garden of the Giant, but when he returned from the guests, where he had stayed for seven years, he drove all the children out of his possessions, built a fence and hung a sign “No entry allowed to outsiders”. The children did not find another place to play, they sadly recalled the garden. Spring came, and only in the garden of the Giant winter raged - after all, there were no children, and there was no one for the birds to sing their songs. Even autumn bypassed the garden.

One morning the Giant heard beautiful music - it was the linnet singing. Looking out the window, he saw that the children climbed through a hole in the dilapidated fence and sat on the branches of trees, which immediately blossomed. Only in the corner where the little boy could not climb up was winter. I saw the Giant, the children ran away - and winter came to the garden again. Only the little boy did not notice the formidable master. The giant put the boy on a branch, and he hugged and kissed him.

The giant smashed the fence to pieces and gave the garden to the children, and even played with them himself. When the children came to say good night, the boy was not with them, and the Giant became sad. The boy did not appear again, and the Giant became completely homesick. One winter morning, the very old Giant saw that the tree in the corner of the garden was covered with beautiful white flowers, and under the tree was the same boy, but there were gaping wounds on his arms and legs. The Giant angrily asked who did it, but the boy replied that "these are the wounds of Love" and said that His garden was open to the Giant.

When the children came to the garden, they saw the Giant lying under a tree, strewn with white flowers.

devoted friend

One morning the old Water Rat leaned out of the hole. The duck taught her children to stand upside down in the pond ("If you don't learn to stand on your head, you will never be accepted into good society"). Water Rat: “Love is certainly a good thing, but friendship is much more sublime ... A devoted friend should be devoted to me.” Then Linnet began the story of the Faithful Friend.

Once upon a time there was a nice boy Hans. He was nothing like that, except for a kind heart and a funny round cheerful face. He had a garden, which he loved very much and where he grew flowers. Little Hans had many friends, but the most devoted was Big Gew the Miller. The rich miller was so devoted to him that every time he passed by he picked up a huge bouquet of flowers or stuffed his pockets with fruits. “Real friends should have everything in common,” he said. And Hans carefully wrote down the whole theory of friendship in a notebook. Naturally, the miller never thanked Hans in any way. In winter, he never visited him (“When a person has a hard time, it is better to leave him alone”) and did not call him to himself (“... there is nothing worse than envy in the world, it will spoil anyone ... I am his friend and I will always make sure that he does not tempted.")

Finally, spring came and Melnik went to Hans for primroses. Hans wanted to sell them and buy back the wheelbarrow, which had to be mortgaged in the winter. But the miller took all the flowers (the basket was huge) and offered Hans his wheelbarrow as a present, although it was very broken. Hans said he had a board and would fix the wheelbarrow. Then the miller asked Hans, as a true friend to whom he was going to give a wheelbarrow, to repair a hole in his roof with this board. Hans, of course, agreed for the sake of a friend. The miller began to ask him for other "favors", because he would give him a wheelbarrow. Hans agreed to everything, but he simply did not have time to work in his garden.

One night the miller's child fell ill. It was necessary to go for the doctor, and there was a terrible storm outside. The miller asked Hans, but did not even give him a lantern (“... I have a new lantern, what if something happens to it?”). On the way back, Hans lost his way and drowned in a swamp. Everyone came to Hans' funeral because everyone loved him. But Melnik grieved most of all (“After all, I already, one might say, gave him my wheelbarrow and now I don’t know what to do with it: at home it only takes up space, and they won’t give anything to sell it, it’s so broken. Henceforth I will be more careful. Now no one will get anything from me. Generosity is always to the detriment of a person.")

The Water Rat did not understand the story and went to his room. “I'm afraid she's offended by me,” Linnet said. “…I told her a story with a moral. - What are you, this is a dangerous business! - Duck."

Wonderful rocket

Everyone was preparing for the wedding of the prince and the beautiful princess, who was brought from distant Russia. The Court Engineer at the far end of the garden was preparing everything for the fireworks (the Russian beauty had never seen fireworks). Petard, Roman Candle and Fire Carousel discussed the world. Carousel, in her youth in love with a Christmas tree box, believed that love had died, Petarda saw the world as beautiful, and the Roman Candle considered it too big.

Patron, tied to a long stick, drew attention to himself with a sharp cough. No one can insert a word into his long and very selfish speech: he considered himself superior to everyone (the prince was lucky that the wedding was scheduled on the day the Patron was launched), he called others rude. To all exhortations to stay dry, for this is the main thing for their brother, Patron replied that he chose to sob. Of course, when all the charges shot up to the sky, causing the princess to laugh, the damp Patron was silent, and the next day the janitors threw him into the ditch.

The patron decided that he was sent to the waters to improve his health; however, he did not like the local society - the frog - because she spoke only about herself. Despite the fact that the interlocutor had already sailed away, Patron posted his entire story about how the wedding of the prince and princess was organized in his honor. Dragonfly and Duck also thoughtlessly quickly left him, having lost the opportunity to grow wiser.

The boys who were collecting firewood threw a dirty pole into the fire to warm the water in the pot. The cartridge exploded, but the boys didn't even wake up. The stick fell on the back of the Goose, who took off running, and the Patron went out, having managed to say: "... I knew that I would make a splash." retold Mouse

Happy Prince

The sculpture of the Happy Prince towered over the city. Starling flew past her and decided to stop for the night in sculpture shoes. Suddenly, tears began to drip on the bird - this was the Prince crying, grieving for the inhabitants of the city. From that day on, the bird began to wear jewelry to poor people that adorned the sculpture.

Soon, nothing remained of the former splendor of the Prince; the Starling distributed all the most valuable things to those in need. The bird died, and the tin heart of the sculpture could not stand this grief.

The statue was melted down and thrown into a landfill along with the dead Starling. But the Angel took them to the Lord, as the greatest treasure of this city.

Boy and Giant

After his return, the Giant drove the children out of his garden. And the eternal winter settled there, even the birds flew around the forbidden possessions.

One morning the Giant saw that children had crept into one of the corners of the garden. Only where they were, trees blossomed again and birds sang. Noticing the Giant, the children ran away, only a little boy did not have time to follow them. When the Giant approached him, he kissed him.

Since then, the Giant has been playing with the children and even removed the fence. Only there was no little boy with them. And when he appeared, his body was covered with wounds. The boy told the astonished Giant that this was the price to pay for the return of His garden. Soon the children found the Giant under the trees. He lay covered with snow-white flowers.

devoted friend

Linnet decided to tell the inhabitants of the pond a story about a devoted friend. Hans was kind and hardworking. He loved his garden and took great care of it. His friend Gyu-Melnik often dropped by to visit Hans, but only when it was possible to profit from something. He left home from a friend with an armful of flowers and pockets full of fruit. In winter, Melnik did not visit his friend. And why, there is nothing to take from him.

One spring, the Miller took all the primroses from Hans, which he was preparing for sale. With the proceeds, it was necessary to redeem a wheelbarrow. But Melnik said that he would give a wheelbarrow, and for the service he asked to fix the roof. The series of requests lasted all summer and Hans did not have time to work in the garden.

Once Melnik asked Hans to bring a doctor for a sick child. He went, but got lost and drowned in a swamp, because a friend regretted the lantern for him. All the friends wept, but Melnik shed the most tears. He was offended that his wheelbarrow remained out of work.

Wonderful rocket

The prince's wedding was to take place soon. His fiancee did not know what fireworks were, so they carefully prepared for his show. Petard, Fire Carousel and Roman Candle were to take an active part in the spectacle.

Patron considered himself the most important thing in this event. And no matter how they tried to persuade him, by the crucial moment he could not stay dry. He was damp and could not adequately fulfill his function, for which he was thrown into a waste pit.

But the boastful Patron did not take this as a punishment. He told all the inhabitants of the ditch that he was taking water procedures. Nobody listened to the fool.

Patron's moment of triumph came when the boys threw a burning stick into the water. There was not a loud boom that didn't even wake the kids. Only one Goose was frightened.