She is clearly instructed that the paintbrush will only work if she uses its abilities to help the poor. 'The Magic Paintbrush' is a Chinese fable-like story about a girl named Shen, who is given a magic paintbrush, by a mystical man on a rock, which brings objects to life. I always found that books that had a lovely rhythm when read aloud where much more bearable to read aloud again and again and again as young children want.more We liked this more than we expected to, the rhyming verse was a pleasure to read. You can also appreciate this tale's appeal in days when you where either someone who had nothing or someone had everything, how reassuring to hope that just perhaps, one day the tables might turn. The tale has a nice idea, and you can see the appeal of wondering what you would paint with such a brush. I al Based on a traditional Chinese story, this book tells the tale of a young girl who is given a magic paintbrush.
The rich man jumped into the ship and set off to find the gold but when the ship sailed to the middle of the sea, Ma Liang drew a large wave which destroyed the ship and the rich man was never seen in the village again.Īfter that, the young man lived with his family happily and used the magic paintbrush to help the poor people as the old man had asked him to do and the magic paintbrush was known and loved by everyone.Based on a traditional Chinese story, this book tells the tale of a young girl who is given a magic paintbrush. The young man smiled quietly and drew a big ship. The rich man said, "Draw a big ship quickly. So the young man drew a golden mountain which was far away from the sea. The rich man was angry and said," Why did you draw a sea? I want a golden mountain. The rich man said, "I want a golden mountain. He said to the bad man, "What would you like me to draw?" Ma Liang did not want to help such a bad man, but he had an idea. He said to the young man, "If you draw some pictures for me and bring them to life, I will set you free." He was very angry that the paintbrush would not work for him so he sent for Ma Liang. He drew a lot of pictures, but none of them would come to life for him. Once he had the paintbrush, he felt very happy and he invited his friends to come to his home so that he could show them his new possession. So he sent his servants to Ma Liang's home to steal the magic paintbrush. Soon, many people knew about the magic paintbrush and were very grateful to Ma Liang.īut in the village, there lived a rich man who was mean and decided to steal the paintbrush from the young man so that he could use it to become even richer. When he saw the hard working farmers struggling to feed their families, he drew more food for them to eat. People could bring water from the river to the field to help their crops grow.
When he saw that people had no water to use in the fields, he drew a river and the river came to life. When he woke up, he found the magic paintbrush on his desk.įrom that day on, he used the paintbrush whenever poor people needed help. One night, he dreamed that an old man gave him a magic paintbrush and asked him to use it to help poor people. He was poor and kind and liked drawing so much that he drew pictures everywhere. Once upon a time, there was a young man called Ma Liang.
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