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4. d. to take a long time to leave or disappear
5. e. very great surprise
6. f. deep respect and often praise shown for a
person or god
7. g. to show something publicly
8. h. needing careful treatment, especially because
easily damaged
9. i. fast or sudden
10. j. in a very pleasant, attractive or enjoyable way
11. k. Completely
l. to send someone away, especially from their
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country, and forbid them to come back
13. m. lower
14. n. to imagine or think that something is so
15. o. to say that something is certainly true
16. p. ready and enthusiastic
17. q. enough for a particular purpose
18. r. (a cause of) a feeling of great sadness
19. s. someone or something that comes after another
person or thing
20. t. only just or almost not

C. Discuss the following questions with other students. You may reread the story if necessary.
1. Why do you think the emperor had not heard about the nightingale before?

2. In your opinion, why does the nightingale return to the emperor?

3. The Nightingale became a fad. Can you name some things which are fads today, things which
everyone talks about, everyone wants, but that everyone could forget about tomorrow? Why
do people value these things?

4. Is the author trying to teach a lesson to the readers of the story? If so, what are the lessons?

5. How would you describe the ending of this story? Happy, sad, or inconclusive (incomplete)?
Explain.

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