When the first rose it was pure white. A nightingale saw the rose and to see it more clearly. When it the rose the nightingale fell into ______ at its beauty. The little bird ______ its breast against the flower and began to sing. As it sang it ______ to feel the thorns that tore its breast and ______ its heart. The blood ran down from the its heart and . Towards the centre, where the blood did not reach, the rose was paler—as it remains to this day.