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 . ` 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 XXXXX ran again to the Emperor , and told him that it must be an invention on the part of those who had written the books .
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