The nightingale and the rose

a nightingale overhears a student lamenting that a girl will not dance with him unless he gives her a red rose. Believing true love is more important than her own life, the nightingale sacrifices herself by singing to a thorn tree all night, using her own blood to dye a rose red. The student finds the beautiful rose but the girl rejects him for a suitor who offered her jewels. The disappointed student discards the rose and decides love is impractical, returning to his studies, which highlights the story's themes of sacrifice, materialism, and the contrast between genuine emotion and societal values.