The Nightingale
Hans Christian Andersen
The Nightingale
An emperor learns that the song of a small, plain nightingale is worth more than a jewelled toy bird, and the real bird's song brings him back to health.
- 6 chapters
- Illustrated
- Read aloud
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How the story begins
Chapter 1: The Bird in the Forest
Long ago in China, the emperor lived in the most beautiful palace in the world, made of fine porcelain. His garden was so big that even the gardener did not know where it ended. Beyond it grew a green forest that reached down to the deep blue sea, and in that forest lived a nightingale.
Chapters in this story
- 1.The Bird in the Forest
- 2.The Little Kitchen Maid
- 3.The Emperor's Tears
- 4.The Jewelled Bird
- 5.The Broken Toy
- 6.The Real Song
