In a small town in the UK, there lived a little boy named Tom. Tom was extremely fond of painting, and his room was filled with all kinds of paintbrushes and drawing papers. One day, while playing in an old warehouse, Tom discovered a paintbrush that looked very ancient. The shaft of this paintbrush was engraved with strange symbols. Tom thought it was very special, so he took it home.
Tom picked up this new paintbrush and started to paint. He painted a bright red apple. Suddenly, something amazing happened. The apple in the painting actually rolled out slowly from the painting and turned into a real apple. Tom's eyes widened in astonishment. He could hardly believe what he saw. He then tried to paint a small house, and soon, a delicate small house appeared in front of him.
Tom realized that this was a magic paintbrush, and he was extremely excited. He began to use this paintbrush to paint for the people in the town. He painted a lot of beautiful flowers, which made the streets of the town full of vitality; he painted some cute little animals, so that the children in the town had new playmates. The people in the town all liked Tom's paintings very much because they would all turn into real things and bring everyone surprise and joy.
However, a greedy merchant heard about Tom's magic paintbrush. He wanted to take this paintbrush for himself so that he could paint countless treasures. So, when Tom was not paying attention, the merchant stole the magic paintbrush.
The merchant took the magic paintbrush and began to draw treasures crazily. However, although the treasures he painted turned into real ones, they all exuded an evil aura. Moreover, as he continued to paint, the paintbrush began to get out of control. The things he painted became grotesque and even began to attack the merchant. The merchant was so frightened. Only then did he realize that he should not have stolen the paintbrush, and he should not have used it so greedily.
After Tom found that the paintbrush was stolen, he searched everywhere. Finally, he found the merchant's house. He saw that the merchant was at a loss because of being frightened by those out - of - control things. Tom did not blame the merchant but decided to take back the paintbrush to solve this problem.
Tom picked up the paintbrush and painted some gentle rays of light. These rays of light enveloped those out - of - control things and slowly made them return to normal. Then, he painted some wonderful things again, such as warm sunlight and beautiful rainbows, which made the town regain its vitality and joy.
After this incident, Tom cherished this magic paintbrush even more. He knew that this paintbrush could bring a lot of wonderful things, but it also needed to be used correctly. Since then, Tom continued to use the magic paintbrush to bring more surprises and joys to the town, and he also became the most popular little painter in the town.
