The Magic Paintbrush, written by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Joel Stewart (Igloo, Macmillan, 2004).The Magic Paintbrush, written by Jillian Powell (Wayland, 2011).The Magic Paintbrush, written by Liz Miles, illustrated by Meilo So (Oxford University Press, 2011).The American adaptation titled as "Tye May and the Magic Brush" by Molly Bang features a female protagonist as the title character. The story has been readapted a number of times by Chinese authors, common versions include the story of the same name from author Han Xing as well as Hong Xuntao. So the magic paintbrush was known by everyone. Not a single person dared Ma Liang to use his magic brush for evil purposes and greedy wishes. Although he continues to do more artworks, he occasionally uses his magic paintbrush.
He always becomes ready to help everyone in need. Ma Liang goes back to his simple life and lives happily with his family. Giant waves crash against the ship and the vessel breaks then sinks, drowning the emperor and his friends. But Ma Liang defies orders and continued to paint more storm clouds. A horrified emperor calls out to Ma Liang to ease the weather saying that he and his men and friends would die. Ma Liang paints a wind cloud and then continues to paint storm clouds. When they are at the middle of the sea, the emperor tells Ma Liang to give him wind to increase the ship's speed. The emperor and his men hurry aboard the ship. After the boy paints a golden mountain in the distance, the emperor was angry and asks him to paint a ship for him and his men to gather the gold. He paints a sea much to the emperor's dismay but Ma Liang assures him that he is trying to make his work impressive. Discovering the emperor's deception, Ma Liang devises a plan to trick the greedy emperor and agrees by telling the emperor to have patience and obey his words. He offers Ma Liang his freedom if he paints a mountain of gold. Realizing in anger that the pictures would become real when Ma Liang paints, the emperor orders his men to send for Ma Liang. He drew a lot of pictures, of which none became real. He took away his brush and invited a lot of his friends to come to his home and shows them the magic paintbrush. When Ma Liang refuses to heed the emperor 's commands to paint a peacock for him due to his promise to the magician to use he brush wisely, he is imprisoned in a dungeon. Unknown to Ma Liang, the emperor was a selfish and arrogant bad man who had an idea to steal the paintbrush and make a lot of money by turning things to life and keeping them. Many people knew about the magic paintbrush, one of which was a powerful man, the emperor, who pays a visit to Ma Liang and invites him to his home. Ma Liang later paints rice and fish which came to life. Realizing the power of the brush, Ma Liang vows to use it to help others and remembers the words of the old man.įrom that day on, Ma Liang used the paintbrush to help others with their needs or troubles. When he paints the last feather, the rooster comes to life and flies off. To test the power, Ma Liang uses the brush to paint a rooster. Before Ma Liang can thank him, the old man disappeared. He informs Ma Liang of the brush's great power and tells him to use it wisely. He liked drawing and drew pictures everywhere and had the greatest dream to be an artist.Īs Ma Liang gets ready for bed one night after looking at all his drawings, an elderly man appeared in his dream and gave him a paintbrush. ( February 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī young and kind peasant boy named Ma Liang used to cut reeds and bamboo from the rich. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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