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Once，there was a young painter who was good at painting birds. His paintings soldand he was famous all over his country.
The emperor loved collecting(收藏)paintings，especially roosters(公鸡). he asked the famous painter to paint a rooster for him. He wanted the rooster 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 became and asked the painter to come to see him.
The painter came. He walked into the palacepaper, paints and a brush. In five minutes，a perfect(完美的)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, ”explained the painter. “It tookone year to improve my skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you. ”
