BR2-9 The Dragon Painter

The title of this book is "The Dragon Painter." I introduce this book to you this week.

One day, there was Chang. He was a very famous artist. And everyone loved his pictures. His pictures was so wonderful. For example, He painted misty mountain, vases full of flowers, And so on. Especially he painted animals. It were so beautiful, and these pictures really seemed alive.

One day, Chang met the village priest at the temple. There was a very dirty statue. And there were a lot of pigeons. It was mess. Chang had a good idea. He painted horrible eagle in the roof. And then, the pigeons were terrified. They flew away, and they didn't come back ever. Chang's pictures were famous more and more. Emperor of China heard it, too. And he decided that he asked to Chang a paint of his new temple. And Chang decided to paint four dragons on each wall. On thefirst wall, he painted a pearl white dragon. But that dragon had no eyes. The dragon vomited smoke from its mouth. On the second wall, he painted a jade green. The dragon's face looked very funny. But the dragon had no eyes, too. On the third wall, he painted a huge gold dragon. The dragon had a long long tail, but had no eyes, too. On the forth wall, he painted a gleaming red scales and wicked claws. But the dragon had no eyes.

The Emperor of China asked, "Why don't you paint the dragon's eyes?" And Chang answered, "I can't paint it. If I paint its eyes, the dragons move!" But the Emperor believed him. And the Emperor oldered Chang to paint the dragon's eyes. Chang cried, but he was obliged to paint the dragon's eyes. First, he painted the dragon's eyes in the first wall. And then, sky was darker and darker. And Chang painted another dragon's eyes. The second dragon's eyes, the third dragon's eyes, and the forth dragon's eyes, too. He finished it, and a big thunder broke the roof of the temple. Everybody said, "What's happened?" The four dragons ran out from the each wall. They were living. The first dragon and the second dragon flew away, and they disappeared into the clounds. Chang was confused. And then, he painted chain at the dragon's neck quickly, before the dragon came out the wall. The two dragons tied with picture all of China.

I was surprised that the pictures moved. Where do the dragons go? Everyone could not find them. If the dragons lived in the world. I'm very scary. But a little, I want to see the dragons, sometime.

(456w)