Ma Liang liked drawing very much. But he was very poor, he had no money to buy food and drinks, how could he buy a pen to draw pictures?

 

One day, an old man with a white came to Ma Liang. He gave him a pen to draw pictures.

 

Before leaving, he said to Ma Liang, "I know you like drawing pictures, but you can't buy a pen. Take the pen and draw for the poor men. Help them with your pen. The pen is magic." Ma Liang drew a cake, and it became a real cake. Ma Liang drew a cake, and it became a real cake. Ma Liang was very happy, he drew a log¹ of bread and many eggs, oranges, apples, pears and bananas for the poor men, and he drew boats and houses for them too. Everything he drew could become real things. Ma Liang drew and drew…

 

Now, the poor men had houses, boats, and drinks. They didn't worry about their breakfast, lunch and supper.

 

Soon, the landlord² heard the news. He asked Ma Liang to draw a gold hill in front of his house.

 

Ma Liang thought for some time, and he drew a sea first, then he drew a gold hill on the sea.

 

The landlord wanted to go to the gold hill very much, but there was no boat. He asked Ma Liang to draw a boat for him, Ma Liang drew a boat. The landlord soon got into the boat, he wanted to get to the gold hill by boat. He wanted to get a lot of gold. Seeing the landlord in the boat, and the boat in the middle of the sea, Ma Liang drew a big storm. The storm threw the boat about the boat was tossed³ up and down in the sea. The landlord cried, "Help! Help!" The poor men were all happy, no one wanted to help him. The big storm sank the boat, the landlord died.

 

All the people said, “Thank goodness⁴! We can live a happy life from now on.

 

马良很喜欢画画。但是，他很穷，没有钱买吃的喝的，怎么可能去买笔画画呢？

 

一天，一个白胡子老人老找马良，给了他一枝画笔。

 

临走前，他对马良说：“我知道你喜欢画画，但是，你买不起画笔，把这支笔拿去，为穷人画，用你的笔帮助他们。这支笔是魔笔。”马良画了一块蛋糕，蛋糕变成了真的了。马良非常高兴，他为穷人画了很多面包和很多鸡蛋、橘子、苹果、梨子，还为他们画了船和房子。这些东西都变成了真的。马良不停地画啊画啊……

 

后来，穷人们有了房子、船、食物和饮料。他们不再为他们的早饭、午饭和晚饭操心了。

 

很快，地主知道了这件事。他要马良在他的房子前面画一座金山。

 

马良想了很久，他先画了一片大海，然后，在海上画了一座金山。

 

地主很想到这座金山上去，但是没有船， 他要马良为他画船。马良画了一只小船。地主立刻上了小船直奔金山而去。他想得到金子。看见地主进了小船的，看见小船飘到了大海的中心，马良画了一场大风暴。风暴把小船抛起又抛下，小船在大海里上下颠簸。地主叫喊道：“救命，救命！”穷人们都很高兴，没有一个人愿意帮助他。大风暴打翻了船，地主死了。

 

大家都说：“谢天谢地！从现在起，我们能过上幸福的生活了。”

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