One of the most famous of Wilde's adult fairy tales is "The Nightingale and the Rose", although it is a fairy tale, it is not happy at all, and it is even heartbreaking to read.
The story begins when the object of a male student's affection promises him to dance with the prince at the prince's ball the next day if he can give himself a red rose. The male student complained at night and was overheard by the nightingale who had been singing for him, and the nightingale, touched by his infatuation, decided to help him find the red rose. Through incessant inquiry, Nightingale finally learned that the rose tree under the student's window sill could bloom red roses, but the tree set a strict condition
"To want this rose, you must sing to me in the moonlight. You have to compose it with musical notes, and dye it with your heart and soul. You will sing while you press your chest against the spikes; you will open your heart to the thorns and let the blood of life flow into me. ”
Nightingale thought that her heart was nothing compared to love, and she agreed to the conditions of the rose tree, and she began to sing, and while she sang, the students listened and expressed their opinions.
"She sang well," said the young man, stepping out of the bushes—"it's kind of like that." But is she emotional? I don't think so. Like those artists, she has no real intentions and does not easily give her life for others. All she had in mind was music—just as everyone knew that art was selfish. Of course, it must be admitted that her singing voices do have some beautiful timbres, but unfortunately they are meaningless and of little use. With that he went into his bedroom and lay down on the small bed in the corner of the room, thinking of his lovely lover. After a while, he fell asleep.
What he didn't know was that the nightingale was cultivating a rose symbolizing love for him with his own efforts, and finally the nightingale died, but a bright red rose grew in front of his window. He took the rose and gave it to the lover of his dreams, but the girl thought that the jewelry given by the minister's nephew was more suitable for today's dress, and the angry student threw away the rose, and the rose fell into the gutter and was crushed by the wheel.
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