THE HAPPY PRINCE

Quick answers
Question: 1 Answer the following questions in not more than one sentence.

a) Where did the statue of happy prince stand?

On a tall column.
b) Where did the swallow want to go and why?
Swallow wants to go to Egypt, because his friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks ago
c) Why did swallow finally decided to stay with the Happy Prince?
Because Happy Prince become blind by giving his eyes to needy/poor.
d) What strange things did overseer discover at the foundry?
The broken lead heart will not melt in furnace

Reference to Context
Question:2 “It is curious, he remarked, but I feel quite warm now, although it is so cold”

a) Who said this to whom?

Swallow to The Happy Prince.
b) When did the speaker express this feeling?
After helping the woman and her ill little boy
c) What was the reason for him feeling warm in such cold weather?
Because Swallow had done a good deed.

Question 3: “Her matches have fallen in the gutter, and they are spoiled”

a) Who said these lines? Who was the speaker referring to?
The Happy Prince said these lines to Swallow.
Speaker was referring to a little girl standing at square selling matches.
b) Why was speaker worried about her?
Speaker was worried as her matches fell into gutter and spoiled, and her father will scold
her if she doesn’t bring some money.
c) How did the speaker help her
Speaker helped her by giving his one eye which was made of sapphire.

Question 4: “How shabby the Happy Prince looks!”

a) Who said this to whom?

Mayor said these to the town councillors
b) What proclamation did the speaker decide to issue?
That birds are not allowed to die here (Happy Prince feet)
c) What was done with the statue?
Statue was pulled down and melted into furnace.

Read, reflect and write

Question: 5 How was the statue of the Happy Prince decorated?

The happy prince was decorated with thin leaves of gold all over his body. His eyes
were made up of blue sapphires. There was a red ruby on the top of his sword on his
hilt.

Question: 6 Why did the prince feel unhappy even though his heart was made of lead?

The Happy Prince felt unhappy because of the misery and unhappiness of the people
of his city. When he was alive and a real prince he had lived in a palace where there
was no sign of sorrow. Even with a heart of lead, he could see the poverty and
ugliness that his people lived in.

Question:7 Why do you think the lead heart of the statue broke? Why did it not melt in the foundry?

The Happy Prince’s heart was full of love and kindness for all, helping others and stay
happy was his purpose. He had given everything belonging to him to the poor and
needy. The kind swallow had helped him in his mission also. However, when the
swallow died of cold and hunger, the Happy Prince’s heart broke into two with grief

The broken heart did not melt in the foundry because it was made of love and
kindness.

Question:8 Why does the Prince use the word marvellous, when he says “more marvellous than
anything”

The Happy Prince referred to the suffering of people as more marvellous than
anything else as he wanted to help them.

Question:9 Do you think the swallow was as kind as the Happy Prince? Give a reason for your
answer?

Yes the swallow is very kind as happy prince as it helped Happy prince giving
Sapphire and Ruby to the poor's without caring of himself in winter and snow.