The Nightingale

Title: The Nightingale
Author: Hans Cristian Anderson
Place and Date of publications: New York, 1989
No. of Pages: 68
Setting: In the place of China many years ago.

Characters:
Nightingale – a wonderful bird in the forest that sing sweet songs for the people.
Emperor – a proud Emperor who was very curious to hear the Nightingale to sing.
Poor little girl - who said she know the nightingale well.

Plot/Climax:
After the nightingale stolen away from the forest, all people began to be lonely. It added to their grievance when their Emperor got sick and no one can make him well again. When the Emperor’s distress, the nightingale came to dear him. As she sing, the Emperor got well and become strong again.


Brief Summary:
Many years ago, there was an Emperor in china who lived in a splendid palace. He was very proud of his palace and greatly pleased when travelers came from all over the world to see it. These travelers wrote many books about it, but they also wrote about a nightingale which sings beautifully in the forest.
But his men had never seen the bird. Then a poor little girl came who said she know the nightingale well. The girl offered to take the king’s servants to the forest and when they entered the woods the nightingale began to sing, the girl cried out, quite loud saying “Little nightingale, our most gracious Emperor wishes so much that you sing for him.” So saying the birds flew in front of them, they all went back to the palace.
Then the nightingale hopped merrily upon a golden perch and began to sing. It sings so sweetly that great tears came into the Emperor’s eyes.
So it came to pass that the nightingale had a splendid cage and was given everything that she wished.
One day came, a package markets “The nightingale” and when they opened it they found a clock work bird. When it was wound up it song just like the real bird. The real nightingale stole away to the forest again. How glad the wood cutters and fisherman were when they heard the sweet song once more.
Five years passed away, the whole land was thrown into deep grief by the Emperor’s sickness and the doctors said he was a close to death they heard him whisper of “music” but the clock work something had gone wrong and no one could fix it. When the Emperor’s distress, the nightingale came to dear him. As it sings, the emperor got well and became strong again. Soon after, every night the windows of the palace were thrown open wide to hear the sweet song of the nightingale.

Moral Lesson:
Sharing of what talent that you have especially to those who needed it most is the essence of it. For every joy you give to others, there is a triple blessing that you can receive.

Reaction:
It is a wonderful story of how talents are being shared and how a simple piece of joy would mean a lot for someone. Truly real happiness cannot be paid of.