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 . ` They say it is the most glorious thing in my kingdom . Why has no one ever said anything to me about it ? ' ' I have never before heard it mentioned ! ' said the First Lord . ' I will look for it and find it ! ' But where was it to be found ? The First Lord ran up and down stairs , through the halls and corridors ; but none of those he met had ever heard of the Nightingale . And the First Lord ran again to the Emperor , and told him that it must be an invention on the part of those who had written the books . ` Your Imperial Majesty can not really believe all that is written ! There are some inventions called the Black Art ! ' ` But the book in which I read this , ' said the Emperor , ` is sent me by His Great Majesty the Emperor of Japan ; so it can not be untrue , and I will hear the Nightingale ! She must be here this evening ! She has my gracious permission to appear , and if she does not , the whole Court shall be trampled under foot after supper ! ' ` Tsing pe ! '
said the First Lord ; and he ran up and down stairs , through the halls and corridors , and half the Court ran with him , XXXXX they did not want to be trampled under foot .
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