The Happy Prince tells the story that the Happy Prince and the Swallow sacrificed themselves to help the poor. When the happy prince was alive, he lived happily in the palace every day and never knew what sadness and poverty were. After his death, when he was carved into a statue and stood over the city, he saw all the ugliness and suffering of the city. So he asked the swallow to give all her valuables to the poor. Later, the swallow froze to death and the happy prince died of a broken heart, but they lived in heaven forever.