![]() ![]() The Nightingale explains it’s a red rose she needs, eventually the Yellow Rose points towards a water fountain and says she might try her luck there. The Yellow Rose comes suddenly to life and excitedly tells the Nightingale how yellow is the most vibrant and brilliant colour, the colour of gold and the sun etc. She flies on and discovers another rose bush but this one only grows yellow roses. The White Rose laments its colourless roses, The Nightingale tries to cheer the White Rose but it remains gloomy. Scene 3 – The Nightingale’s search continues and eventually she finds a rose bush, but it only grows white roses. ![]() She tries to convince him that true love is worth fighting for but the lizard refuses to listen, instead bitterly telling her no-good will come of it. Asking if he’s scene a red rose the lizard laughs at her and tells her that her quest is a foolish one. Scene 2 – The Nightingale goes on her quest and comes across a lizard. A Nightingale flying by hears his laments and being touched by his plight she vows to help find him a rose (The Student cannot understand her song). He pictures the girl in the arms of another and gets increasingly depressed. Scene 1 – The Student excitedly sings about the dance but his mood quickly darkens when we realises his garden has no red roses. She has promised to go to the dance with him if brings her a red rose. Prologue – The Oak Tree (a sort of narrator character) sets the scene explaining how The Student has fallen in love with the beautiful daughter of the professor. ![]()
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