Therelivedakingwholikedart.Onedayanartistofferedtopaintthemost
beautifulpictureintheworldonthewallofhispalace.
Sothekingsaid“Allrightyoumayworkononeofthewallsinthenewhall.”Justthenanotherartistsaid“Pleaseallowmetoworkontheoppositewall.Ishallmakeexactlywhatthatmanwillmakeontheoppositewall.MoreoverIshalldosowithoutlookingathiswork.Iwouldevenrequestyoutohaveathickcurtainputupbetweenthetwowallssotheeitherofuscann’tseetheother.”
Everyoneintheking’scourtincludingthekingandthefirstartistwassurprised.Sothekingdecidedtogivethemanachance.
Thefollowingdayathickcurtainwasputintoplaceandboththeartistsgottowork.Thefirstartistbroughtinaregularsupplyofpaintoilandwater.Butthesecondonewouldcomewithaclothandabucketofwatereveryday.
Amonthlaterthefirstartistsaidthathisworkwascompletedandinvitedthekingtocome.
Sothekingsentthemessagetothesecondartistsayinghewascomingtoseetheirworksthatevening.
Afterseeingthefirstartist’swallthekingwasveryimpressedwiththepaintingandgavehimahugesumofmoneyasareward.Hethenaskedforthecurtaintobeopenedup.
Thesamepaintingwasseenontheoppositewalltoo!Itwasexactlyliketheoneonthefirstwall.Butthismanhadnotseenwhatwasgoingonontheothersideofthecurtain.
Themansaidsimply“It’sveryeasyIjustpolishedthewalleveryday!”
Itwasawallmadeofwhitemarble.Thefellowpolishedittillitshonelikeamirror.
Thereflectionofthepaintingacrosstheroomshowedupinit!
1.Athickcurtainwasputupbetweenthetwowallsinorderto_____________
A.helpthemconcentrateontheirwork
B.keepthefirstartist’spaintingasecret
C.preventtheirpaintingfrombeingseen
D.makeithareforthemexchangeideas
2.Whydidthefirstartistreceivealargesumofmoneyfromtheking?
A.Hispaintingsatisfiedtheking
B.Hispaintingwasthebestthekinghaseverseen
C.Hepaintedbetterthanthesecondartist
D.Thekingpromisedtogivehimareward
3.Howwasthekingfeelingwhenhesawsecondwal