Long ago in China, there was a young man called Kin Cho. He was poor and kind man. He was hired by a rich man to tend cattle. Kin Cho was fond of drawing and drew pictures everywhere. One night while sleeping, he dreamed that an old man gave him a magic paintbrush and asked him to use it to help poor people. When he woke up, he found the magic paintbrush in his desk.
Since that day, he used the paintbrush whenever people needed help. When he saw that people had no water to use in the fields, he drew a river and the river came to life. People could bring water from the river to the field and save a lot of time and energy. When he saw it was difficult for people to till lands, he drew a cow and the cow came to life. People could use the cow to till lands very easily.
Kin Cho always used his magic paintbrush to help the needy and poor people. Then many people knew about the magic paintbrush. But a few days later, the rich man who hired Kin Cho heard that the magic paint brush could turn everything to life. He was a wicked man so he had an idea to steal the paint brush from the young man. He knew that he could make a lot of money by turning things to life and keeping them, so he sent some people to the Kin Cho's home and took him to the prison. He stole the magic paintbrush and felt very happy.
The other day the rich man invited a lot of his friends to come to his home for a dinner and showed them the magic paintbrush. He drew a lot of pictures, but they could not become real. He was very angry and asked his servants to get Kin Cho from the prison. When Kin Cho came, the rich man said to him, "If you draw some pictures for me and turn them to life, I will set you free." The young man knew that he was a bad man in the village. Of course he did not want to help him. He had an idea. He said to the bad man, "I can help you, but you should obey your words."
The rich became very happy and said, "I want a golden mountain. I will go there to gather gold." The young man drew a sea first. The bad man was angry and said," Why did you draw a sea? I do not want this. I want a golden mountain. Draw it quickly."
Kin Cho then drew a golden mountain which was far away from the sea. The bad man saw that and felt very happy. He said, "Draw a big ship quickly. I want to go there to gather gold." The young man smiled quietly and drew a big ship. The bad man jumped into the ship first and a lot of his family and friends jumped in too. When the ship sailed to the middle of the sea, the young man drew a large wave and it destroyed the ship. So the bad man and his friends died.
After that, Kin Cho lived with his family happily and kept on helping the poor people. So the magic paintbrush was known by everyone.
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