/快乐王子Winter is almost here. A bird is flying to a warm place far away."Whew! I'm tired," says the bird. "I need to rest for the night."The bird looks for a place to sleep. Down below him, there is a city."Where should I sleep?" thinks the bird.The bird sees a statue of a smiling prince.The prince is standing on a tall column."I will sleep on that staue's foot ," thinks the bird. "It will be safe and clean there."The bird feels happy to find such a nice place to sleep. It looks at the smiling prince."What a pretty statue," it thinks. "The eyes on his face are both jewels. The buttons on his coat are jewels, too. And look at those clothes!They are made of gold!"The bird closes its eyes. Just then, a drop of water falls on its head.Then, a second later, another drop falls on its tail."Oh, no. It's raining," thinks the bird. "I will find a dry place to sleep."But it is not raining. The drops of water come from the prince's eyes.He is crying."Who are you?" asks the bird."I am the Happy Prince," says the statue."Then why are you crying?" asks the bird. "You are making me wet!"The prince tells the bird why he's crying."Before I was a happy prince. My family was rich, and I lived in a big palace. Every day I played with my friends. The palace had a big wall.I never saw the world on the other side of the wall.""You were so lucky," says the bird. "I would like to be rich and happy, too."The prince finishes his story."When I died, they put me up here. I can see many bad things. People are not happy. They are poor. Their lives are very hard."The prince tells the bird what he can see."I can see a house on a small street. One of the windows is open. A poor woman is making a nice dress for a rich woman. Her little boy is very sick. He is crying, but there is no money to buy medicine."The prince asks the bird to help him."I am a statue, so I can't walk. Please take a jewel from my shirt and fly to the house. With the jewel the woman can buy medicine for the boy."The bird wants to help the prince, but it can't."My friends are waiting for me in a warm place. I must not stay here long," it says.The prince looks very sad, so the little bird agrees to help him."It is very cold here, but I will help you tonight," says the bird.The bird takes a jewel from the prince's coat. It flies over the city to the house. Inside, the woman is asleep. She has worked all day to finish the dress. It puts the jewel on the table.The bird returns to the prince."Strange," it says. "It is so cold, but I feel warm inside.""That is because you have done a good thing," says the prince.The next morning, the bird flies to the river. It wants to take a bath. After that it will fly south."Tonight I will leave," thinks the bird. "But before I go, I want to say good-bye to the prince."The bird flies back to the prince. The prince is sad again."Little bird. Can you stay with me one more day?" asks the prince. "I see a poor man. He is sitting all alone in his house. He is writing a play. There is no fire, so he is very cold. Give him one of my jewel eyes. Then he can buy some wood."The bird doesn't want to take the prince's eye. It begins to cry."How can I take your eye?" says the bird. "You won't see well without it.""Please do it," says the prince. "I still have one more eye.""All right. I will help you one more time," says the bird.The bird takes the jewel to the man's house. It flies into a hole in the roof. Quickly, it puts the jewel on the man's desk. The man is working and doesn't see the bird.The bird is ready to fly away again. It goes back to the prince to say good-bye.The prince asks the bird to stay a little longer."I need your help again, little bird," says the prince. "A poor girl is selling matches in the square below us. She has no socks or shoes, so her feet are cold. Please take my other eye to her."The bird feels very bad."You won't see anything without your other eye," says the bird."That is not so important," says the prince. "Please do it."Sadly, the bird takes the jewel to the girl. It puts it into her hand. She is very happy to see it.The bird once again returns to the prince."You can't see anything now, so I will stay with you forever," says the bird."You can't do that. It is too cold for you to live here," says the prince."I really can't go," says the bird.So the bird helps the prince. It flies over the city and looks for poor people. Many people are cold and hungry. It gives them each a leaf of gold from the prince's clothes. This makes the poor men and womenhappy. The poor children laugh and play in the street. Now they will have coats to wear. Now they will have bread to eat.Soon, all of the prince's clothes are gone. He is just a gray, metal statue. The weather is getting colder. Snow begins to fall. All the people in the city have a coat to wear, even the poor people.The bird is very cold. It has no coat. It knows that it will die soon. It flies up to the prince to say good-bye for the last time."Good-bye, dear prince," says the bird. "I'm happy you don't need a coat it is very cold.""You really should fly away now, little bird," says the prince." If you don't, you will get sick."The bird kisses the prince on his hand and falls down dead. A loud sound comes from inside the statue. The prince's heart is broken.The next morning, the mayor of the city is walking near the statue. He looks up at it. "Oh, my!" says the mayor. "Our prince doesn't look so beautiful anymore. He looks like a beggar."So the statue of the prince is pulled down."Beautiful statues are not useful statues," says the mayor.The statue is melted down. What will the people do with the metal?"I think a new statue should be made of myself," says the mayor. There is one problem. The broken heart of the statue will not melt. Someone throws it into the garbage can. Inside the garbage can, the heartand the dead bird lie together.In Heaven, God is talking to his angels."Bring me the heart and the bird," says God. "In Heaven the bird will sing its songs and the prince will live in my city of gold forever."冬天快到了。