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Ma Liang liked drawing very much. But he was very poor, he had no money to buy food and drinks, how could he buy a pen to draw pictures? One day, an old man with a white came to Ma Liang. He gave him a pen to draw pictures. Before leaving, he said to Ma Liang, "I know you like drawing pictures, but you can't buy a pen. Take the pen and draw for the poor men. Help them with your pen. The pen is magic." Ma Liang drew a cake, and it became a real cake. Ma Liang drew a cake, and it became a real cake. Ma Liang was very happy, he drew a log of bread and many eggs, oranges, apples, pears and bananas for the poor men, and he drew boats and houses for them too. Everything he drew could become real things. Ma Liang drew and drew… Now, the poor men had houses, boats, and drinks. They didn't worry about their breakfast, lunch and supper. Soon, the landlord heard the news. He asked Ma Liang to draw a gold hill in front of his house. Ma Liang thought for some time, and he drew a sea first, then he drew a gold hill on the sea. The landlord wanted to go to the gold hill very much, but there was no boat. He asked Ma Liang to draw a boat for him, Ma Liang drew a boat. The landlord soon got into the boat, he wanted to get to the gold hill by boat. He wanted to get a lot of gold. Seeing the landlord in the boat, and the boat in the middle of the sea, Ma Liang drew a big storm. The storm threw the boat about the boat was tossed up and down in the sea. The landlord cried, "Help! Help!" The poor men were all happy, no one wanted to help him. The big storm sank the boat, the landlord died. | 
