The Song of the Nightingale

This creation fable asks how the nightingale came to have its song and golden voice. In its young world, the mountains, trees, and plants already have color, while the animals remain plain. A painter begins giving the animals their colors, and the tale explains how the nightingale receives its voice. The story uses this imagined beginning to focus on the natural world, animals, color, and the origin of a bird’s song.