Wilde’s “faithful friend” in a brief summary
One morning the old Water Rat leaned out of the hole. The duck taught her children to stand upside down in the pond. Water Rat: “Love is certainly a good thing, but friendship is much more sublime… A faithful friend must be betrayed to me.” Then Linnet began the story of a Faithful Friend.
Once upon a time there was a nice boy, Hans. He did not differ in anything like that, except with a kind heart and a funny round cheerful face. He had a kindergarten, which he loved very much and grew flowers. Little Hans had a lot of friends, but the most devoted was Big Gyu-Melnik. The rich miller was so devoted to him that every time he passed by he dialed a huge bouquet of flowers or stuffed pockets with fruits. “Real friends should have everything in common,” he said. And Hans wrote down the whole theory of friendship carefully in a notebook. Naturally, the miller never thanked Hans. In the winter, he never visited him or called for him
At last spring
One night a miller was ill with a child. It was necessary to go for the doctor, and in the street a terrible storm. Miller asked Hans, but he did not even give a lantern. On the way back, Hans lost his way and drowned in the swamp. Everyone came to the funeral of Hans, because everyone loved him. But most of all grieved Miller
The Water-rat did not understand the story and went to her room. “I’m afraid she took offense at me,” said the Linnet. “… I told her a story of morality.” “What’s the matter, this is dangerous business!” “Duck.”
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