Magic Paint Brush



Once upon a time, there was a young man named Ma Liang. He was poor and kind and he loved painting so much that he would draw pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamed that an old man gave him a magic paint brush and told him to use it to help poor people. When he woke up, he saw the magic paint brush on his desk.

From that day on, whenever poor people needed help, he used that paint brush. When he saw that people did not have water to use in their fields, he drew a picture of a river and the river actually started flowing. People could bring water from the river to the fields to help their crops grow. When he saw hardworking farmers struggling to feed their families, he drew pictures of more food for them to eat. Soon, many people found out about the magic paintbrush and were very grateful to Ma Liang.

But in the village, there lived a rich man who was a scoundrel and he decided to steal the paintbrush from the young man so that he could use it to become even richer. So he sent his servants to Ma Liangs house to steal the magic paintbrush.

Once he had the paintbrush, he was very happy and invited his friends to his house so that he could show them the new thing he had in his possession. He took many pictures, but none of them came alive for him. He was very angry that the paintbrush didnt work for him so he called Ma Liang.

He said to the young man, If you draw some pictures for me and make them come alive, I will set you free.

Ma Liang did not want to help such a bad man, but an idea came to his mind.

He said to the bad man, Who do you want me to draw a picture

The rich man said, I want a golden mountain. I will go there to collect gold.

But the young man drew a picture of the sea first.

The rich man got angry and said, Why did you draw a sea I want a golden mountain. Draw it quickly!

So the young man drew a picture of a golden mountain that was far from the sea.

The rich man said, Quickly draw a picture of a big ship. I want to go there to collect gold.

The young man smiled silently and drew a picture of a big ship. The rich man jumped into the ship and set off to find gold, but when the ship reached the middle of the ocean, Ma Liang created a huge wave that destroyed the ship and the rich man was never seen in that village again.

After that, the young man lived happily with his family and used the magic paintbrush to help the poor people as the old man had told him to do, and everyone knew and loved the magic paintbrush.

The rich man said, I want a golden mountain. I will go there to collect gold.

But the young man drew a picture of the sea first.

The rich man got angry and said, Why did you draw a sea I want a golden mountain. Draw it quickly!

So the young man drew a picture of a golden mountain that was far from the sea.

The rich man said, Quickly draw a picture of a big ship. I want to go there to collect gold.

The young man smiled silently and drew a picture of a big ship. The rich man jumped into the ship and set off to find gold, but when the ship reached the middle of the ocean, Ma Liang created a huge wave that destroyed the ship and the rich man was never seen in that village again.

After that, the young man lived happily with his family and used the magic paintbrush to help the poor people as the old man had told him to do, and everyone knew and loved the magic paintbrush.