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Question 1., , Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy, Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all, around him?, , Answer:, , He was a prince when he was alive. Being a prince, he never knew sorrow and suffering. So, the, courtiers called him ‘the happy prince’. But he was, not happy in real sense as his heart could feel the, misery of needy people. He saw the miserable, conditions of people around him., , Question 2., , Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the, seamstress? What does the swallow do in the, seamstress’ house?, , Answer:, , The seamstress was tired due to overwork. She, was so poor that she could not buy oranges for, her little sick son. Her son was thirsty. The Happy, Prince saw the poor lady and her son. He felt pity, for them. So, he sent a ruby for her. The swallow, came to the poor woman's house and laid the, ruby on the table beside her. The bird fanned the, boy's forehead with wings and flew back to the, Happy Prince.
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Question 3., , For whom does the prince send the sapphires and, why?, , Answer:, , The playwright was very poor. He was incapable, of buying food and firewood. The prince sent the, sapphires for the playwright so that he could, finish a play for the director of the theatre in time., The princes sent his second sapphire to a poor, match girl. Her matches had fallen into the gutter., She was afraid that her father would beat her for, this loss. So, she was helped by the prince by, sending her the second sapphire., , Question 4., , What does the swallow see when it was flying, over the city?, , Answer:, , The swallow saw all categories of people. He, found the rich making merry in their beautiful, houses and beggars begging sitting at the gates., He also saw a group of wandering children who, were poverty- stricken.
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Question 9., , Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go, to Egypt?, , Answer:, , At first, the swallow was willing to go to Egypt just, after discharging his duty properly. But when he, saw Prince's activities of charity and kindness he, got impressed. On the other hand now the Happy, Prince had become totally blind due to the deeds, of charity. In this condition, he could not leave the, Prince helpless. He left the idea of going to Egypt, and decided to serve the Prince., , Question 6., , What are the precious things mentioned in the, story? Why are they precious?, , Answer:, , The leaden heart of the Happy Prince and the, dead swallow are the two precious things, mentioned in the story. They are precious as they, did various deeds for the welfare of people and, sacrificed their lives for the sake of others.
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Question 1:, , Why did the Swallow cry when the Happy Prince, asked him to pluck out one of the sapphires ?(SA1, DDE-2014), , Answer:, , The swallow cried when the Prince asked him to, pluck out one of the sapphires because the Prince, would go blind. The Prince himself suffered too, much so as to help the poor and needy people., , Question 2:, , Where was the swallo going ? Why did he decide, not go there ? (SA-1,2014), , Answer:, , The little swallow was going to Egypt to join his, friends. The happy Prince looked so sad that the, swallow decided to stay back and be his, messenger. The swallow died helping the happy, Prince in the service of poor people.
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Question 3:, , What were the drops of the rain actully ? Why did, they fall ?, , (Board Term 1, Sept., 2013,9KK73AP), , Answer:, , The drops of rain were actually the Happy Prince's, tears. The Happy prince was sad and moved by, the widespread poverty and misery. He had, always seen happiness around him. He could not, fathom that people were sick and crying because, of the misery around them.
