But when she sang the next night and the fisherman came there again , he said the same thing , ` How beautiful it is ! ' From all the countries round came travellers to the Emperor 's town , who were astonished at the Palace and the garden . But when they heard the Nightingale they all said , ` This is the finest thing after all ! ' The travellers told all about it when they went home , and learned scholars wrote many books upon the town , the Palace , and the garden . But they did not forget the Nightingale ; she was praised the most , and all the poets composed splendid verses on the Nightingale in the forest by the deep sea . The books were circulated throughout the world , and some of them reached the Emperor . He sat in his golden chair , and read and read . He nodded his head every moment , for he liked reading the brilliant accounts of the town , the Palace , and the garden . ` But the Nightingale is better than all , ' he saw written . ` What is that ? ' said the Emperor . ' I do n't know anything about the Nightingale ! Is there such a bird in my empire , and so near as in my garden ? I have never heard it ! Fancy reading for the first time about it in a book ! ' And he called his First Lord to him . He was so proud that if anyone of lower rank than his own ventured to speak to him or ask him anything , he would say nothing but ` P ! ' and that does not mean anything . ` Here is a most remarkable bird which is called a Nightingale ! ' said the Emperor .
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