Text type: A play The Magic Paintbrush

Characters: Emperor– He is very rich but greedy. He is mean to everyone.Emperorgreedy mean Liang– He is talented at painting. He is poor but kind. He likes to help people. Soldier – He is very loyal to the emperor, but he is rude to poor people.loyalrude Villager – He is a friend of Liang and he is poor too. He wants to help Liang, as he can see how talented Liang is.

Liang was a poor Chinese boy who could not go to school. He was very talented at painting but could not afford a paintbrush. One day, he had a dream. In the dream, a fairy gave him a paintbrush. When he woke up, he really found one beside him. It was a magic paintbrush, as every time he finished a painting, it came to life.could not afford a paintbrusha fairybeside The emperor heard about this and wanted Liang to paint him a mountain of gold. Liang knew that it was wrong and he decided to chase the emperor away. He then used his talent and the magic paintbrush to help the poor in his village.a mountain of gold

Scene 1 (In the field) Liang, why are you working so hard today? I want to buy a paintbrush. I must work hard to make enough money to buy one. Then I will become a painter and paint pictures all day long.

You have a very big dream. Your pictures are always so beautiful and look so real. I wish I could help you.

I’m tired. I need to sleep for a while.

Who are you? I was a painter. I know that you want to be a painter too. I want to give you my special paintbrush. But you must be careful with it. Th…th… thank you.

Amazing! The dream was real. I really have a paintbrush in my hand.

Hey, look at my paintbrush. An old man in my dream gave me this paintbrush.

Good idea. Let me draw a frog.

Look! The frog jumps off the stone. How did that happen? Amazing! The old man in my dream said that this paintbrush was special. It’s really magic. As soon as I finished painting my picture, it came to life.

Hey there! What are you doing? I was painting a picture of a frog, sir. Let me see your picture then. I, I, I can’t, sir. It jumped away.

I don’t believe you. Are you playing a trick on me, boy? Now you must come with me to see the emperor. But, but, but…

Scene 2 (In the palace) Emperor: Boy, this soldier has told me about your picture. Now paint me a mountain of gold. Emperor: Soldier, lock this boy up in jail. Don’t give him any food!in jail Soldier: Yes, Your Majesty. Liang: No, please don’t lock me up. I’ll paint your picture right now. (The soldier takes Liang to the emperor. Liang, with his paintbrush in his hand, kneels on the floor in front of the emperor.) (Liang refuses to paint. The emperor gets very angry.)

Emperor: Soldier, let the boy go. Soldier: Yes, Your Majesty. (Liang starts drawing a big mountain of gold. Just as he finishes and lifts up his brush, a big mountain of gold appears in the room. The emperor is very happy and plays on the mountain of gold.) (While the emperor and the soldier are laughing and talking, Liang continues to paint. He paints a big tiger that chases the emperor and the soldier away. Nobody ever sees them again.) Emperor: I’m rich, I’m rich! I’m the richest man in China! With this paintbrush, I can have anything I want.

Liang: My tiger has chased away the greedy emperor forever. I’ll use this magic paintbrush to paint beautiful pictures and help poor people. It will always be a special brush to me.greedy

The End

a paintbrush

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a fairy

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a mountain of gold

in jail

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