It's Kids Academy, and welcome back to our channel! In this educational video for children, we will read aloud a story "The Nightingale" adopted from Hans Christian Andersen. More interesting short stories and fairy tales for children you can find on our channel. Stay tuned!
The Nightingale
In a very distant country, there stood a palace surrounded by a blooming garden. A powerful Chinese emperor lived in the palace.
In the garden, a small nightingale was singing its songs. They were soft and beautiful, and the emperor loved listening to the bird.
But one day, he got a gift: it was a man-made nightingale of gold and silver. If you wound it up with a key, it would sing and wave its tail.
The emperor was so happy about this present and listened to the golden bird so often that he forgot about the real nightingale.
One day the emperor fell ill. He was lying on the bed, pale and cold, and couldn’t move.
Suddenly the emperor saw Death coming up to his bed. Death was wearing the emperor’s crown on his head and was holding the emperor’s saber.
The emperor was very frightened. He wanted to listen to the golden bird’s song, but nobody could help him wind it up. Death was very close.
Suddenly the emperor heard soft singing out of the window. That was the real nightingale who had come to cheer the ill emperor up.
Death was listening to the beautiful song, and his heart grew softer and softer. Finally, he stepped back from the emperor’s bed and left the palace.
The emperor heartily thanked the nightingale and fell asleep. In the morning, when he woke up, he was completely healthy.
