Condolence Meeting speech by various characters from the story The Nightingale and the Rose.


The Rose-tree
Dear friends,
            This is a sorrowful occasion for all of us. We’ve all gathered here to mourn the death of our dear friend, the nightingale.
            She was not just a bird to me. She was the best companion I ever had. The news of her sacrifice for the student’s rose is something that cannot be easily forgotten. The last time when she took this brave decision, I had warned (a message informing of danger) her but she did not pay any heed. I know that it was not just her blood that flowed into the veins of me, but I believe that your blood was also there in the veins of the nightingale in the form of love. Friends, I want to talk a lot about the sacrificial love of our nightingale, but for the want of time (lack of time) I conclude my speech. May her soul rest in peace.



The Green Lizard
Dear friends,
            I have some bitter truths to tell you. The speaker before me told us how sorry she was on the death of our nightingale. But you know that I am a practical man. I can understand if her words had any amount of truth in it. In my opinion, the red-rose tree was shedding crocodile tears. I believe she cleverly used our nightingale for her greediness to make flowers. I know that I am being a bit harsh. But I would like to uncover the true mask of somebody who is trying to appear as an angel.
            Although, I love our friend nightingale, I still believe that it was silly for her to have sacrificed her life for that stupid boy and this selfish red-rose tree. I said that it was ridiculous to weep for a red rose. I hold both the stupid student and selfish red rose tree to be responsible for the death of our dear friend. Anyway, I feel pity for our nightingale and let me stop.



The Young Lover
Dear brothers and sisters,
            It is with a guilty (responsible for doing something wrong) heart that I stand in front of you. I know that I don’t have any right to speak. I regret for becoming the cause of our beloved nightingale’s death. I should have understood how heartless a woman was the professor’s daughter. The glorious sacrifice the nightingale made for me tells us how trustworthy you animals and birds are. But we human beings torture you and hunt you for our selfishness.
As a reparation (compensation for wrongdoing) for my sin I promise that I will dedicate my whole life for the protection of nature and her resources. May the soul of the nightingale rest in peace. I conclude my speech.
The Moon
Dear friend,
            You know that me and my friend the Sun are always up in the sky. Therefore we can watch all the deeds of both yours’ and human beings. In my entire life, I have never seen anyone doing anything like this. Our nightingale sacrificed her life for the true love she had been singing all through her life.  Listening to her song, I even forgot the dawn and lingered in the sky.
It is a very sad thing that this young couple did not realize her love. I hold the Student and the rose-tree as culprits for the death of our dear nightingale. I suggest that we arrange a fair trial in this case and punish those who are responsible for creating this misunderstanding in the mind of our nightingale. I shorten my speech. Thank you.
-Anjoe-




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