The Happy Prince sent a ruby for the seamstress as she was extremely poor and could not feed her son who was suffering from fever.
The swallow, persuaded by the prince, went to the seamstress’s house. But the seamstress had fallen asleep as she was tired. The swallow kept the ruby on the table where the woman worked. It then flew round the bed fanning the boy’s forehead with its wings. This relaxed the boy and he was able to go to sleep.
