![]() ![]() ![]() When the Duck responds that she is a good parent, the Water-rat says that he knows nothing about family life because he is single. The Water-rat chastises a Duck for allowing her children to misbehave. The main narrative is told to a Water-rat by a Linnet. "The Devoted Friend" takes the form of a "story-within-a-story". Little Hans' desire to remain the Miller's friend ultimately proves fatal for him. Little Hans always does everything that the Miller asks him to do because he does not want to lose the Miller's friendship or offend him. In truth, he selfishly takes advantage of little Hans at every opportunity. The Miller claims to be a devoted friend of little Hans. The two main characters in "The Devoted Friend" are a poor man known as little Hans and a rich Miller. It was first published in 1888 in the anthology The Happy Prince and Other Tales, which in addition to its title story also includes " The Nightingale and the Rose", " The Selfish Giant" and " The Remarkable Rocket". "The Devoted Friend" is a darkly comic short story for children by the Irish author Oscar Wilde. Panels from a 2004 comic book adaptation of "The Devoted Friend" by P. ![]()
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