Long long ago there lived a king. He was not an artist and didn’t draw well, but he liked to draw. He drew from morning to evening every day. In his place people could see lots of paper. On every piece of paper was a picture, a very bad picture. Yet the king thought all his pictures were good and he often showed them to others. The people there were afraid of the king and always said his pictures were very beautiful. The king was very happy.

One day, the king showed some pictures to an artist. The artist looked at the pictures for some time and said they were very bad. The king became very angry , so he put the artist in prison .

Two weeks later, on his birthday the king called the artist to his place again. The king showed the artist some of his pictures and asked him which one he liked best. The artist looked at them for some time , then he turned to the soldier and said , “Take me back to the prison right now ! Don’t keep me waiting.”