What was the second task assigned by the prince to the swallow ?

ch 5 happy prince

The second task that was assigned to the swallow by the Prince was to give sapphire to the writer from his eye.

Explanation:

The question concerns the story 'Happy Prince' written by Oscar Wilde. The story is about a statue of happy Prince who never saw misery in his life, but when his statue was made he saw miseries in the life of people and wanted to help them. His help was done by a swallow.

The second task that the Happy Prince gave to the swallow was to take out the sapphire from his eye and give it the a young writer who was not able to finish his play because of cold. The young writer had no money to buy firewood during the harsh cold season which disabled him from completing his play.

So, the Happy Prince asked the swallow to take sapphire from his eyes and give it to the young writer so that he could finish his play by buying a firewood for himself.

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