Long, long ago, there was a good boy. His name was Ma Liang. He helped people.

很久、很久以前，有一个好男孩，他的名字叫马良。他帮助人们。

He had a magic paintbrush.

他有一支有魔力的画笔。

This old woman didn’t have food. So Ma Liang painted food. Then the food became real.

这位老妇人没有食物。因此马良画了食物，然后食物变成真的了。

There was a bad man. He took Ma Liang’s magic paintbrush.

有一个坏人。他拿走了马良的有魔力的画笔。

The bad man didn’t have gold. So he painted gold with the magic paintbrush.

这个坏人没有金子，因此他用这支有魔力的画笔画了金子。

But it didn’t become gold. It became a snake!

但是它没有变成金子。它变成了一条蛇！