When the Happy Prince is alive, he lives in a palace where sorrow is not allowed to enter. He lives a life of . However, when he dies his courtiers set up his statute on a tall column. The statue of the Happy Prince sees all the of the city. He weeps when he sees people in trouble. He wants to help them. A swallow stays at the of the statue of the Happy Prince for the night. On Happy Prince’s request, he prolongs his stay and helps the poor with the ruby and the . When the happy Prince cannot see any more, the swallow decides to stay with the happy Prince . So he helps the people with the gold covering of the Happy Prince. At the end, he dies frost. The of the Happy Prince also breaks. Once, the mayor and the town councilors pass by the stature of the Happy Prince. They are shocked to see it without , sapphires, and gold covering. It looks ugly without them. They pull it down and decide to make another statue. The heart of the Happy Prince does not in the furnace and the workers throw it on the dust heap where the dead swallow is already lying. An comes and takes both the heart and the dead Swallow to God as two things.