☆Tales from Hans Andersen

I read Tales from Hans Andersen. I wrote about The Ugly Duckling which is one of the stories from the book. I know some of the stories already. For example, The Little Mermaid as Ningyo-Hime, The Emperor's New Clothes as Hadaka-no-Ousama, and Thumbelina as Oyayubi-Hime in Japanese. However, I didn't know the story named The Nightingale. I think almost of you know that stories so I will write about The Nightingale.

There was a King in a beautiful palace. A nightingale lived in a tree in a big garden in the palace. It sang beautifully. The king didn't know about the bird so his servant brought it to him. He got to like the bird very much but it didn't want to live with him. One day, his servant brought the king other nightingale made of wood. It sang everyday for the king but it sang only one same song. Long time passed, the king became old and he was sick. He remembered the bird and he wanted to hear its beautiful song. Then, the nightingale flew toward him and sang very beautiful song. The king was very happy and he became fine again in the end.

I think this story is about good friendship between the king and the nightingale. He doesn't force the bird to stay with him. The bird can say the opinion clearly to king.

According to other stories, I think there are many beautiful princesses and princes in the stories, and I like them!! I also like the animals in the stories because they can talk to people!!

I want to read other stories in English that I already know in Japanese!!!

Tales from Hans Andersen, Penguin Readers Level 2, 0-582-42112-8

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