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    TM

    The Nightingale
    A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Delana Bettoli
    TM

    The Nightingale
    A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Delana Bettoli
    Guided Reading Level I

    No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part or stored in a retrieval


    system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
    recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information
    regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
    Written by Violet Findley
    Illustrated by Delana Bettoli
    Designed by Maria Lilja
    ISBN: 0-439-77408-X
    Copyright © 2006 by Scholastic Inc.
    All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. Printed in China.
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 62 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06
    Once upon a time, there was a king.
    He lived in a beautiful palace in the land
    of China.
    2
    Behind the palace was a forest. In the forest
    lived a nightingale.
    3
    The nightingale sang so sweetly that he was
    known far and wide. People even wrote
    books about him. One day, the king read
    one of the books.
    4
    “This bird lives in the forest behind my
    palace, but I have never heard him sing.
    I must!” said the king.
    So he sent his most trusted servant to bring
    back the nightingale.
    5
    The servant went into the forest. By and by,
    he came upon a plain brown bird singing
    a sweet song. It was the nightingale!
    6
    “Will you come to the palace and sing
    for the king?” asked the servant.
    “Of course,” said the nightingale.
    7
    At the palace, the nightingale sang and sang.
    The king loved the music so much that he cried.
    “I will buy you a fancy cage so you can sing
    for me always,” he said.
    So he did.
    8
    By and by, a present came from the king of
    Japan. Inside was a toy nightingale. It was
    made of gold and covered with jewels.
    9
    The king wound up the toy bird and it sang.
    “This is so pretty! I will place it in the cage
    with the real nightingale,” he said.
    So he did.
    10
    By and by, the king seemed to forget all
    about the real nightingale. Feeling unwanted,
    he flew back to the forest.
    “No matter. The toy bird is better,” said
    the servant.
    11
    Every night the king listened to the toy bird
    sing. But one day, it broke.
    “It will never sing again,” the servant
    said sadly.
    12
    Years passed and the king grew very sick.
    “My only wish is to hear the music of a
    nightingale,” he said.
    He begged the toy bird to sing. But, of
    course, it did not.
    13
    By and by, the real nightingale heard that
    the king was sick and flew to his window.
    There, he sang a song so sweet that the
    king was quickly healed.
    14
    “Dear nightingale, you made me well.
    Come back! I will throw away the toy bird.
    Then you can live in the cage all by yourself,”
    said the king.
    15
    “No, keep the toy bird,” said the nightingale.
    “I like the forest, but I will come to your
    window every night to sing.”
    So he did. And his sweet music brought joy
    to everyone in the palace forever more.
    16
    Glossary
    healed made well

    nightingale a kind of bird

    palace a castle where


    a king lives

    servant someone who


    works for the king

    trusted honest
    TM

    ISBN: 0-439-77408-X

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