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Once，there was a young painter who was good at painting birds．His paintings sold and he was famous all over his country．
The emperor(皇帝)loved Collecting paintings,especially roosters(公鸡)．he asked the famous painter to paint a roosters for him．He wanted the roosters to be the best of all his collections．
The painterto do so．The emperor waited and waited for one year,but did not get the painting．He becameand asked the painter to come to see him．
The painter came．He walked into the palacepaper,paints and a brush(刷子)．In five minutes，a perfect picture of a roosteron the Paper．Seeing this，the emperor was all the more angry．"If you can paint a picture of a rooster in five minutes，did you keep me waiting for a year?"he said．
"I'll let you know why,Your Majesty,"said the painter．"Could you please come with me?"
Hethe emperor to his own study(书房)．There，paper almost filled the．On each paper was a painting of a rooster．
"Your Majesty,"said the painter．"It tookone year to improve my skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you．"
