Long, long ago there lived a king. He loved horses. One dayhe asked an artist to draw him a beautiful horse. The artistsaid, "All right, but you must wait." So the king waited. Hewaited and waited. At last, after a year he could not wait anylonger. He went to see the artist himself.Quickly the artist brought out paper and a brush. In fiveminutes he finished drawing a very beautiful horse. The kingwas angry. "You can draw a good horse in five minutes, yet youkept me waiting for a year. Why?""Come with me, please." said the artist. They went to theartist's workroom. There they saw piles and piles of paper.On every piece of paper was a picture of a horse. "It took memore than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in fiveminutes." the artist said.