视频介绍一天，他走过一个学馆门口，看见学馆里的教师，拿着一支笔，正在画画。他不自觉地走了进去，对教师说： “我很想学画，借给我一支笔可以吗?” 教师瞪了他一眼，“呸!”一口唾沫啐在他脸上，骂道：“穷娃子想拿笔，还想学画?做梦啦!”说完，就将他撵出大门来。 马良是个有志气的孩子，他说：“偏不相信，怎么穷孩子连画也不能学了!”从此，他下决心学画，每天用心苦练。他到山上打柴时，就折一根树枝，在沙地上学着描飞鸟。他到河边割草时，就用草根蘸蘸河水，在岸石上学着描游鱼。晚上，回到家里，拿了一块木炭，在窑洞的壁上，又把白天描过的东西，一件一件再画一遍。没有笔，他照样学画画。 一年一年地过去，马良学画从没有一天间断过。他的窑洞四壁，画上叠画，麻麻花花全是画了。当然，进步也很快，真是画起的鸟就差不会叫了，画起的鱼就差不会游了。一回，他在村口画了只小母鸡，村口的上空就成天有老鹰打转。一回，他在山后画了只黑毛狼，吓得牛羊不敢在山后吃草。但是马良还没有一支笔啊!他想，自己能有一支笔该多么好呢! 有一个晚上，马良躺在窑洞里，因为他整天地干活、学画，已经很疲倦，一躺下来，就迷迷糊糊地睡着了。不知道什么时候，窑洞里亮起了一阵五彩的光芒，来了个白胡子的老人，把一支笔送给他：“这是一支神笔，要好好用它!”马良接过来一看，那笔金光灿灿的，拿在手上，沉甸甸的。他喜得蹦起来： “谢谢你，老爷爷……”马良的话没有说完，白胡子老人已经不见了。 马良一惊，就醒过来，揉揉眼睛，原来是个梦呢!可又不是梦啊!那支笔不是很好地在自己的手里吗!他十分高兴，就奔了出来，挨家挨户去敲门，把伙伴都叫醒，告诉他们：“我有支笔啦!”这时才半夜哩! 他用笔画了一只鸟，鸟扑扑翅膀，飞到天上去，对他喊喊喳喳地唱起歌来。他用笔画了一条鱼，鱼弯弯尾巴，游进水里去，对他一摇一摆地跳起舞来。他乐极了，说：“这神笔，多好呀!”马良有了这支神笔，天天替村里的穷人画画：谁家没有犁耙，他就给他画犁耙，谁家没有耕牛，他就给他画耕牛，谁家没有水车，他就给他画水车，谁家没有石磨，他就给他画石磨…… 天下没有不透风的墙，消息很快地传进了邻近村里一个大财主的耳朵。这财主，就派两个家丁来把他抓去，逼他画画。马良年纪虽小，却生来是个硬性子。他看透有钱人的坏心肠，任凭财主怎样哄他、吓他，要他画个金元宝，他就是不肯画。财主就把他关在一间马厩里，也不给他饭吃。 傍晚，雪纷纷扬扬地落着，地上已经积起了厚厚一层。财主想，马良这一下不是饿死，也准冻死了。他走过马厩门口，只见门缝里透出红红的亮光，还闻到一股香喷喷的味道。他觉得奇怪，凑近眼去，往门缝里一张，啊!马良不但没有死，而且还烧起了一个大火炉，一面烤着火，一面正吃着热烘烘的饼子呢!财主知道，这火炉和饼子，一定是马良用神笔画的，就气呼呼地去叫家丁来，要他们把马良杀死，夺下那支神笔。十多个凶猛的家丁，冲进了马厩，却不见马良，只见东面墙壁上，靠着一架梯子。马良趁着天黑，攀上这梯子，翻墙走了。财主急忙攀上梯子去追，没爬上三步，就摔下来了。原来，这梯是马良用神笔画的。 马良出了财主的家，他知道在村里是不能住了，他向自己的村庄挥了挥手，默默地说了一句：“伙伴们，再见啦!”马良用神笔画了一匹大骏马，跳上马背，向大路上奔去。 没有走出多少路，只听见后面一阵喧哗，回头一看，火把照得通明，财主骑着匹快马，手执一把明晃晃的钢刀，带着一二十个家丁，追上来了。眼看就要追着了，马良不慌不忙，用神笔画了一张弓，一支箭。箭一上弦，“飕”的一声，正射中财主的咽喉，财主翻身跌下马去了。马良拍拍大骏马，大骏马像飞一样地向前驰去了。 马良连日带夜地在路上跑了几天，到了一个市镇里，看看离家乡已经很远，就在这儿住下来。他画了许多画，拿到街坊去卖。因为他怕别人知道，便不让画活起来，画成的东西，不是少嘴便是断腿的。 一天，他画了一只没有眼睛的白鹤。一不小心，在它脸上溅上一滴墨水，白鹤便眼睛一睁，扇扇翅膀飞上天去了。 这一来，整个市镇都轰动了。当地的官员，马上把这件事奏给了皇帝。皇帝就下了一道圣旨，派人来召他到京都去。马良不肯去，他们把他拉去了。马良听见过许多皇帝欺侮穷人的事，心里恨透了，哪肯给皇帝画画呢!皇帝叫他画一条龙，他却画了一只大壁虎；皇帝叫他画一只凤，他却画了一只大乌鸦。大壁虎和大乌鸦十分难看，在金銮殿里乱爬乱叫，还打起架来，弄得宫殿里乌七八糟。 皇帝大为发怒，就命卫士们抢下他的神笔，把他打入了天牢。 皇帝拿到神笔，就自己来画了。他先画了一座金山。贪心不足的皇帝，画了一座又一座，画了一座又一座，重重叠叠地画了许多。画好一看，哪是金山!却是一堆堆的大石头；上面压得太多，就塌下来，差一点把皇帝的脚也打伤。皇帝还不死心。他心里想，画金山不成，就换金砖。他画了一块嫌小，画了一块嫌小，最后画了长长的一大条。画好一看，哪是金砖!却是一条长长的大蟒蛇，张开血盆似的大口，向他扑来。幸亏卫士们救得快，不然，皇帝早被大蟒蛇吃掉了。 皇帝没有办法，只得把马良放出来，又假惺惺地对他说了一些好话，说什么要给他许多许多金银，还说什么要把公主嫁给他，招他做驸马。 马良一心想夺回神笔，他装作答应下来。皇帝见马良答应了，十分高兴，就把神笔还给了马良，要马良给他画画。皇帝想，画金山、金砖都不成，那么画株摇钱树吧!摇钱树上，长的都是钱，轻轻一摇，就能掉下许多钱来，这有多好啊!他就叫马良画摇钱树了。 马良心里打定了主意，不说什么话，提起神笔一挥，一个无边的大海，出现在眼前了。蓝蓝的海水，没有一丝波纹，亮闪闪的像一面大玉镜。 皇帝看了很不高兴，脸一板，骂道：“叫你画摇钱树，谁叫你画海!”马良在大海中央画了块小岛，岛上画了株又高又大的树，说：“这不是摇钱树吗?”皇帝看见那株树，发着耀眼的金色光芒，喉咙里咽了几口唾水，就嘻嘻地笑了起来，急巴巴地对马良说：“赶快画只船吧!我要到海中央去摇钱!”马良画了一只很大很大的木船，皇帝就带了娘娘、太子、公主和许多大臣、将军，都上船去了。马良又画了几笔风，海水掀起密密的波纹，大木船就开动了。 皇帝心里痒滋滋的，嫌船走得太慢，在船头上叫：“风大些!风大些!……”马良就加了几笔粗粗的风。海动荡起来了，白帆鼓得满满的，木船急速地向海中央驶去。马良又加上几笔大风。大海不安地吼叫起来，卷起滚滚的浪涛，大木船摇摇晃晃了。皇帝心里害怕，向马良摇手，大声地喊道：“风够了!风够了!……”马良装作没有听见，不歇手地画着风。海水发怒了，浪涛扑上船去了。船倾斜了，船上乱起来了。皇帝被海水打得浑身湿漉漉的，抱着船的桅杆，不住地叫喊：“风太大了!船要翻了!不要再画了!……”马良不去睬他，还是不住手地画风。风更大了，吹来了许多厚厚的乌云，又鸣雷，又闪电，还下起暴雨来。浪更猛了，海水像一堵堵倒坍的高墙，接连不断地往船上压去。 船翻了，船碎了，皇帝他们都沉到海底去了。皇帝死了以后，《神笔马良》的故事就传开了。但是，马良后来到什么地方去了呢，大家都不清楚。 有的说：他回到自己的家乡，和那些种地的伙伴在一起。 有的说：他到处流浪，专门给许多穷苦的人们画画…… A Magic Paint Brush (A Chinese Folk Tale) Once upon a time, there was a young man called Ma Liang. He was poor and kind and helped a rich man to tend cattle. He liked drawing and drew pictures everywhere. One night, he dreamed that an old man gave him a magic paintbrush and asked him to use it to help poor people. When he woke up, he found the magic paintbrush in his desk. From that day, he used the paintbrush whenever people needed help. When he saw that people had no water to use in the fields, he drew a river and the river came to life. People could bring water from the river to the field and save a lot of time and energy. When he saw it was difficult for people to till lands, he drew a cow and the cow came to life. People could use the cow to till lands very easily. So when he saw the peoples' troubles, he would use his magic paintbrush to help. Then many people knew about the magic paintbrush. But a few days later, the rich man whom Ma Liang helped heard that the magic paintbrush could turn everything to life. He was a bad man so he had an idea to steal the paint brush from the young man. He knew that he could make a lot of money by turning things to life and keeping them. So he sent some people to the Ma Liang's home and took him to the prison. He got the magic paintbrush and felt very happy. Then he invited a lot of his friends to come to his home and showed them the magic paintbrush. He drew a lot of pictures, but they could not become real. He was very angry and asked some people to get Ma Liang. When the young man came, he said to him, "If you draw some pictures for me and turn them to life, I will set you free." The young man knew that he was a bad man in the village. Of course he did not want to help him. He had an idea. He said to the bad man, "I can help you, but you should obey your words." The bad man felt very happy and said, "I want a golden mountain. I will go there to gather gold." The young man drew a sea first. The bad man was angry and said," Why did you draw a sea? I do not want this. I want a golden mountain. Draw it quickly." Then the young man drew a golden mountain which was far away from the sea. The bad man saw that and felt very happy. He said, "Draw a big ship quickly. I want to go there to gather gold." The young man smiled quietly and drew a big ship. The bad man jumped into the ship first and a lot of his family and friends jumped too. When the ship sailed to the middle of the sea, the young man drew a large wave and it destroyed the ship. So the bad man and his friends died. Finally, the young man lived with his family happily and kept on helping the poor people. So the magic paintbrush was known by everyone. |
