author of the happy prince and other tales

He courted her all summer, and that made some other swallows laugh, who chirped that it was a funny relationship because Reed had no money at all, and she has a lot of relatives. The swallow was attracted by the thin figure of Reed, so he began to fly around her and court her by creating silver circles on the surface of the water.

One summer he was flying down the river after a big yellow butterfly, so he saw Reed for the first time.

One night, a little Swallow flew over the city and fell in love with a Reed, so he stayed in the city, even though all his friends had already flown to Egypt six weeks ago. The mathematics professor asked them how they knew what an angel looked like, and they replied that they had seen an angel in a dream. The happy prince was the only one who was always completely happy, and the residents of the Charity Children, dressed in their crimson robes and clean white aprons, said that the statue looked like an angel.

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Author of the happy prince and other tales