神笔马良
Ma Liang and the Magic Brush
Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 66 vocabulary words
Source: 洪汛涛《神笔马良》 · Hong Xuntao, Ma Liang the Magic Brush
马良是个穷孩子,最爱画画,买不起笔,就用树枝在地上画。
Ma Liang was a poor boy who loved to paint; having no brush, he drew on the ground with sticks.
一位老人送他一支神笔,画什么就成真的。他给穷人画耕牛、画水车。
An old man gave him a magic brush, whatever he painted became real. He painted oxen and waterwheels for the poor.
县官知道了,抓马良来画金山。马良先画了一片大海,再画海里的金山,又画一只大船。
The magistrate seized him and demanded a gold mountain. Ma Liang painted a great sea, the gold mountain inside it, then a great ship.
县官带着人上了大船去拿金子,马良画起大浪,把船打翻了。用神笔帮穷人,不帮贪心的人。
The magistrate boarded the ship for the gold, Ma Liang painted a great wave and sank it. The magic brush served the poor, never the greedy.