The+Nightingale


 * The Nightingale **
 * by Hans Christian Anderson **


 * The Emporer of China is surprised to learn that many consider the singing nightingale in his forest to be the most wonderful thing in his kingdom. He has the nightingale brought to his court and is amazed by the beauty of the bird's voice. The nightingale slips away from the palace, though, when the court is taken with a mechanical replica. After many years, the artificial bird breaks and the Emperor falls deathly ill-- and the only thing that can save the ruler is the song of the nightingale. **

**Link to Cinderella's "Sing Sweet Nightingale"--just because I like it :)**
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Hans Christian Andersen movie (one of my FAVORITES!)
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**Discussion Questions:**

 * 1) = Why did the Nightingale help the emperor when he had abondoned the bird? =
 * 2) = Why did the Emperor get a fake nightingale? =
 * 3) == What does "imperial" mean? ==
 * 4) == Why did the bird "fly off"? ==
 * 5) == What does "summoned" mean? ==
 * 6) == What does "catastrophe" mean? ==
 * 7) == How did the Nightingale hear about the Emperor's illness? ==
 * 8) == Why did it mean so much that he made a fake bird? ==
 * 9) == Why did Poets write about the nightingale? ==
 * 10) == What does "cunningly" mean? ==
 * 11) == Why did they tie ribbons on him? ==
 * 12) == What is a "physician"? ==
 * 13) == According to the story, why does the court prefer the mechanical bird to the real one? ==
 * 14) == Describe how mechanical things may be exciting, but they don't always last. ==

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