The Nightingale

This bird lives in the forest behind my palace, but I have never heard him sing. I must!

Once upon a time, there was a king. He lived in a beautiful palace in the land of China. Behind the palace was a forest. In a forest lived a nightingale. The king want to hear a nightingale sing, so he sent his most trusted servant to bring back the nightingale. By and by the servant brought back a nightingale. However, the king loved a toy nightingale more than the real one, so it ran away from the palace. years passed and the king grew very sick, and... the end of the story was very touching.

Vocabulary
・servant: 使用人
・by and by: まもなく、あとで

Reference
Findley, V.(2006).The Nightingale. New York, NY:Scholastic.