writting a thank you note to the happy prince after getting the precious ruby in 100 words
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Your answer is :HIGH above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword hilt.
gilded: to covered with something, coating of something
hilt: the handle of a weapon or tool, especially a sword, dagger, or knife
The statue of a prince stood on a high platform, overlooking the city. This prince was called a Happy Prince because when he was alive, he always remained very happy. Upon his death, a big statue of his was erected in the center of the city in his remembrance. The statue of this happy prince was covered with thin layers of gold and instead of eyeballs, there were two bright, shining sapphire stones. In the handle of his sword, a bright ruby stone was placed.
One night there flew over the city a little swallow. His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind; then he decided to go to Egypt too.
swallow: a tiny bird
Swallow is a tiny bird. Although it is not a human being, still the writer is referring to it as ‘he’ and ‘his’. He says that all the friends of this swallow had flown away to Egypt six weeks ago. This bird did not go with them. But later, it thought of going to Egypt to his friends. So, it was on its way to Egypt.
All day long he flew, and at night time he arrived at the city.
“Where shall I put up?” he said. “I hope the town has made preparations.”
Put up means where to live for the night
This bird kept on flying on its way to Egypt and at night it reached the city, the city of the Happy Prince. It wanted to stay somewhere for the night. It thinks upon where to stay at night. The bird says that hopefully, the city has made some arrangements for it to stay. Obviously the bird does not mean what it is saying. We can say that probably the bird is being humorous.
Then he saw the statue on the tall column.
“I will put up there,” he cried. “It is a fine position with plenty of fresh air.” So he alighted just between the feet of the Happy Prince.
Alighted: descended
Now when this tiny bird saw this huge statue of the Happy Prince, it thought of staying there for the night.
So the bird thought that it was a good place spend the night. There was shelter and a lot of fresh air. So, the bird came and alighted. It stopped and sat in between the feet of the statue of the Happy Prince.
“I have a golden bed-room,” he said softly to himself as he looked round, and he prepared to go to sleep; but just as he was putting his head under his wing a large drop of water fell on him. “What a curious thing!” he cried. “There is not a single cloud in the sky, the stars are quite clear and bright, and yet it is raining.”
Then another drop fell.
curious: strange
When the bird sat in between the feet of the happy prince it was surrounded with gold. So, it thought that it had a bedroom made of gold because it was surrounded by gold all around. As it was about to sleep, as it was putting its head under the wing, suddenly, a large drop of water fell on it. The bird was surprised because all of a sudden, a drop of water fell on it. It thought that neither was it raining nor the rainy season was going on. The swallow could not believe this because the sky was not cloudy and stars were shining. Just then, another drop of water fell on it.
“What is the use of a statue if it cannot keep the rain off ?” he said. “I must look for a good chimney pot,” and he determined to fly away.
The swallow thought that the statue was useless because it was not able to protect it from the rain. So he thought he should not sleep under the statue. The swallow thought that it was better if it took shelter in a chimney of a house. And thought to move away from there because the statue was not able to protect from the rain.
But before he had opened his wings, a third drop fell, and he looked up, and saw — Ah! What did he see?
Before the bird flew away, the third drop of water fell on him and it looked up. What did he see? Let’s find out.
The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden cheeks. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little swallow was filled with pity.
“Who are you?” he said.
“I am the Happy Prince.”
As soon as the bird looked up, he saw that the eyes of the Happy Prince’s statue were filled with tears. These drops of water were the tear drops falling off the statue’s golden cheeks. When swallow looked at Happy Prince’s face, it was looking beautiful in the moonlight. The little bird’s heart was filled with pity for the weeping statue. It asked the statue that who it was. The statue replied that it was the ‘Happy Prince’.
“Why are you weeping then?” asked the swallow. “You have quite drenched me.”
drenched: soaked with water
The swallow thought that the statue was of the Happy Prince but it was crying. The bird asked the statue that why it was crying. It added that it had soaked it with it’s tears.