# The Nightingale — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Nightingale in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Nightingale, the Nightingale, Nightingale

**First appearance:** 0233-the-nightingale-and-the-hawk

## Who they are

A sweet-singing bird who is caught by the Hawk.

## In the story

### [The Peacock and Juno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-peacock-and-juno)

Mentioned as the bird whose song is envied by the Peacock.

### [The Cage-Bird and the Bat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-cage-bird-and-the-bat)

A singing-bird confined to a cage, who changed her singing time to night after being caught by a fowler.

### [The Nightingale and the Hawk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-nightingale-and-the-hawk)

Caught while singing, pleads for life by claiming she is too small.

### [The Nightingale and the Swallow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-nightingale-and-the-swallow)

Refuses the Swallow's invitation to live among humans, citing painful memories of past wrongs.

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