Once upon a time there lived an emperor who was fascinated by the song of a nightingale from his kingdom. He had asked the nightingale to came and sing for him at his palace. After a short time the emperor was made a gift of a mechanical nightingale which could only sing one song. Soon the real nightingale left the palace because they had found more favour with the mechanical bird. Discover how the emperor and the real nightingale get together at the end.