Rose loved drawing. She was very poor and didn’t have pensor pencils. She drew pictures in the sand with sticks. Oneday, an old woman saw Rose and said, ‘Hello! Here’s apaintbrush and some paper for you.’‘Thank you!’ smiled Rose. She was so happy. ‘Hmmm, whatcan I paint?’ she thought. She looked around and saw a duck on the pond. ‘I know! I’llpaint a duck!’So she did. Suddenly, the duck flew off the paper and onto the pond. ‘Wow!’ she said. ‘Amagic paintbrush!’Rose was a very kind girl and she painted pictures for everyone in her village. Shepainted a cow for the farmer, pencils for the teacher and toys for all the children.The king heard about the magic paintbrush and sent a soldier to find Rose. ‘Come withme,’ said the soldier. ‘The king wants you to paint some money for him.’‘But he’s already rich,’ said Rose. ‘I only paint to help poor people.’But the nasty soldier took Rose to the king. ‘Paint me a tree with lots of money on it,’he shouted.Rose was brave and said, ‘No!’ So the king sent her to prison. But Rose painted a keyfor the door and a horse to help her escape. The king chased after her. So she painteda big hole, and splat! The king fell in.Today, Rose only uses her magic paintbrush to help people who really, really need
help.