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- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- First published
- 1986
- Editions
- 3
- Subjects
- Friendship, Fiction, Children's fiction, Friendship, fiction
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- #902
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Genre
- parable
- Image
- Page 59 illustration of The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888).png
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- publication date
- 1888-00-00
- copyright status
- public domain
- language of work or name
- English language
- first line
- One morning the old Water-rat put his head out of his hole. He had bright beady eyes and stiff grey whiskers, and his tail was like a long bit of black india-rubber. The little ducks were swimming about in the pond, looking just like a lot of yellow canaries, and their mother, who was pure white with real red legs, was trying to teach them how to stand on their heads in the water.
- last line
- “I am rather afraid that I have annoyed him,” answered the Linnet. “The fact is, that I told him a story with a moral.” “Ah! that is always a very dangerous thing to do,” said the Duck. And I quite agree with her.
- title
- The Devoted Friend
- form of creative work
- short story
- published in
- The Happy Prince and Other Tales
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