【正文】 ale. It was a small cute bird. At once nightingale was brought to the emperor.The emperor was very happy. Ah ~ is this bird called nightingale? For the first time in his life, he heard the beautiful voice and was impressed and deeply moved.Please give me nightingale and I will reward you handsomely. So nightingale came to live in the palace. Everyday Nightingale sang for the emperor.Emperor was happy every time he heard Nightingale sing. He was so proud of Nightingale that he allowed the servants to hear it too. However, Nightingale was not happy. Nightingale felt trapped and had no freedom.One day the neighboring country sent a gift to the emperor. It was a nightingale doll made of jewels and gold. Every time the doll was wound up it sang beautifully. Furthermore, the emperor if wanted could hear it everyday.It39。t do that! The mother duck sighed and said, Ah! I wish that this baby could live happily at another place.The baby duck heard what his mother said and dropped tears of sorrow saying, Mom, I will leave. Goodbye. The ugly duckling left his nest beyond the pond.When he entered the forest, other birds were frightened by the baby duck and ran away. Why do they run away? Is it because I am so awful? The baby duck became sadder and plodded along the field.Near the water beside the field, two wild ducks were playing around. Yah, what is that ugly duck? Let39。s ears and mouth, and then they vanished.004 The Ugly DucklingA mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond. A flock of lovely baby ducks was soon born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken. But one egg remained unbroken. It is strange. Why has this egg not broken?The mother duck continued her brooding. At last, the egg was broken and a baby duck was born. However that baby duck was very ugly pared to the other baby ducks.The mother duck was worried, but still she took the baby ducks near the water and taught them how to swim. The ugly duckling also swam with his brothers and sisters, moving his legs eagerly. It is lucky though. That baby swims well. Still his brothers pecked at the ugly duckling with their bills.How hideous this baby duck is. We don39。 came into bloom at the place where the two lovers had died. The Jasmine had big white flowers on the branch and had a sweet smell.Incidentally, the young lady39。s brother. She shivered with fear and anger.When they got in the house, the young lady from the garden was crying. The man looked at his sister and gave her a chilly smile, and went to bed. Oh my lover, my dear fiance, please e back safely. She sobbed sadly and fell asleep.The elf sat down quietly spreading her wings and told the young lady what she saw that day. What I am trying to say now is not a dream. If you dig under the lindentree in the garden, you will find your fiance. It is your brother who killed him.The beautiful young lady woke up. She secretly went out of her room and dug under the lindentree as the elf had said.Her lover was lying in the ground, cold dead. She cried out sadly and killed herself right next to her fiance. After some time passed, a flower called, 39。s too cold. She got scared because she had never stayed outside at night. There was a twinkling light from the other side of the garden. It39。s naked!The king now realized the truth. However, with only his undergarments on, he still walked in a dignified manner. Even though he was embarrassed, he could not stop walking. Why not? Because he was the king.003 The Elf of the RoseThere once was a rose bush in full bloom in a big garden. An elf was living in the most beautiful rose in the garden, and she was so small that people could not see her. She had long blond hair to her toes and beautiful wings.One day, it got dark before she got home. She had been dancing and flying around so she didn39。s new clothes. They were all surprised, though.Just then, a little girl shouted out, Our king is naked! Then everyone said,He39。s most marvelous king! We have brought the most beautiful cloth in the whole world. However, not everyone is able to see the cloth. Those that tell lies and have bad hearts are not able to see this fine cloth.After the king heard those words, he became very interested. Could there really be such a cloth? If I can make clothes out of those cloths, my clothes will be the best in the whole world. Hurry and show me the cloth. The king began to get more and more greedy.The tailors pretended that the cloth was real, as they showed it to the king. The king and the finespoken subjects could not see anything before them. But, none of them could show that they could not see it.The king and his finespoken subjects just looked at each other. Then, the tailor quickly spoke in a arrogant manner. Well, is there no honest man here? How can you look at this beautiful cloth and not praise it.Among the subjects, one of them made a flattering ment out loud. Wow! This is the first time that I have seen such a wonderful cloth. All the subjects tried to be the first to praise the cloth. Then, the king was amazed with the beauty of the cloth, too.The king gave the money and ordered them to make his clothes. For several days, the tailors pretended to be making the clothes. The king became worried and told one of his subjects to go and see how the clothes was ing along.The subject could not say how much the clothes had been pleted. As hard as he looked, he could not see it. But, he could not say that he was unable to see it. Instead, he pretended to be amazed at how beautiful it was ing along.A few days later, the tailors came back with the King39。s right! He thinks he39。t we teach that stupid and extravagant king a lesson. He doesn39。t, you will bee a water bubble.On the night of the wedding, the mermaid princess was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife. But, she could not kill the loving prince. It39。 But, her voice coul