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Why Does the Happy Prince Send a Ruby for the Seamstress? What Does the Swallow Do in the Seamstress’ House?

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Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress? What does the swallow do in the seamstress’ house?

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The Happy Prince sent a ruby for the seamstress as she was extremely poor and could not feed her child who was suffering from fever.

The swallow picked out the ruby from the Happy Prince’s sword and flew to the seamstress’ house. On reaching the house he saw that the seamstress had fallen asleep because she was tired and the little boy was tossing feverishly on the bed. The swallow laid the ruby on the table and flew gently round the bed, fanning the boy’s forehead with his wings. The boy immediately felt cool, thought the fever must be improving and fell off to sleep.

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