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 THE HAPPY PRINCE

me ! how shabby the Happy Prince looks ! ' he said.

" How shabby, indeed ! cried the Town Councillors, who always agreed with the Mayor ; and they went up to look at it.

" The ruby has fallen out of his sword, his eyes are gone, and he is golden no longer," said the Mayor ; " in fact, he is little better than a beggar ! '

" Little better than a beggar," said the Town Councillors.

a And here is actually a dead bird at his feet ! ' continued the Mayor. " We must really issue a proclamation that birds are not to be allowed to die here." And the Town Clerk made a note of the suggestion.

So they pulled down the statue of the

Happy Prince. " As he is no longer beautiful


 * he is no longer useful," said the Art Professor

at the University.

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