longlong - ago開頭的英語課文

Long， long ago there lived a king. He loved horses. One day

he asked an artist to draw him a beautiful horse. The artist

said， "All right， but you must wait." So the king waited. He

waited and waited. At last， after a year he could not wait any

longer. He went to see the artist himself.

Quickly the artist brought out paper and a brush. In five

minutes he finished drawing a very beautiful horse. The king

was angry. "You can draw a good horse in five minutes， yet you

kept me waiting for a year. Why?"

"Come with me， please." said the artist. They went to the

artist's workroom. There they saw piles and piles of paper.

On every piece of paper was a picture of a horse. "It took me

more than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in five

minutes." the artist said.