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The King and the Painter

Once there was a king, who liked to paint pictures, but his pictures were bad and nobody liked them. The people to whom the king showed his pictures were afraid of him and they said that the pictures were good. One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who lived in that country and said, “What do you think of my pictures? Am I a good painter or not?” The painter looked at the king’s picture and said, “My king, the pictures are bad and you will never be a good painter.” The king was very angry and sent the painter to prison. After two years the king wanted to see the painter again. When the painter came the king gave him a good dinner and said, “Now you are a freeman and I am your friend.” So he talked kindly to the painter. After dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter again and asked, “Well, how do you like them now?” The painter did not answer. He turned to the soldiers and said, “Take me back to prison!”

Choose the correct answer to the questions.

1.What did the king like to do?

2. Who said the pictures were good?

3. Whom did the king show his pictures one day?

Once there was a man, who liked to paint pictures

The people to whom the king showed his pictures were afraid of him

The king was very angry and sent the painter to vocation

So he talked rudely to the painter

The painter did not answer. He turned to the soldiers and said, “Take me back to prison!”