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The Nightingale
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })"The Nightingale", also known as "The Chinese Nightingale" and "The Emperor and the Nightingale" is a famous 19th century fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published in 1843.In Imperial China, the Emperor learns that one of the most beautiful sounds on Earth is the song of the nightingale, one of which happens to live in his very own gardens. Though put off at first by the bird's plain appearance, he is so delighted with her song that he brings her into his palace as a permanent "guest". By and by, he receives a bejeweled mechanical bird as a gift, which quickly captures the attention of the Emperor and his court. As they play the mechanical bird nearly to the point of breakdown, the real nightingale returns to the gardens.Then the Emperor falls ill, to the point where his successor has been chosen and The Grim Reaper is sitting at his bedside. In despair, he cries that if he could only turn the key of the mechanical bird and hear its song one more time, he would have the strength to fight back. At that moment, the real nightingale bursts into song from his window, restoring his strength and shaming Death into departing. From then on, she tells the Emperor, she will not live as his prisoner but will still return frequently to tell him what is happening in his empire, so that he will be known as the wisest emperor ever to live.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Not to be confused with the 2015 historical fiction novel by Kristin Hannah. | |
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Artistic License – Ornithology: As with most songbirds, only male nightingales sing. Some translations, such as Erik Haugaard's 1974 version, make the nightingale in the story male. | |
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Artistic License – History: At least one Chinese translation of the story remarks in a footnote that the story is based on what Danish people thought Imperial China was like, rather than what Imperial China was actually like, and as such most descriptions of life in China are pure conjecture. Furthermore, nightingales are not native to China, and so they almost certainly would not have nested near the Emperor's palace. | |
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Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny! | |
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Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Sort of. When the Emperor sees the bejeweled mechanical bird he prefers it over the grey real nightingale and forgets the latter completely. | |
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Asian and Nerdy: The mechanical robot nightingale is gift of the Japanese Emperor. | |
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