![A little boy is standing in front of a blank canvas with a paintbrush in his hand, and behind him are Russian - style buildings with sunlight shining down.]
In a small village in Russia, there lived a little boy named Ivan. Ivan was extremely fond of painting, but his family was very poor and couldn't afford to buy many paintbrushes and pigments. One day, while playing in the forest outside the village, Ivan found a very beautiful paintbrush. There were some strange symbols engraved on the shaft of this paintbrush, which Ivan had never seen before, but he still happily took the paintbrush home.
![Ivan picks up the paintbrush at the shabby table.]
Ivan sat at his shabby table and took out a crumpled piece of paper. He wanted to try this new paintbrush. The moment the tip of his brush touched the paper, something miraculous happened. He drew an apple, and surprisingly, the apple slowly protruded from the paper and turned into a real apple, emitting an inviting aroma. Ivan's eyes widened in astonishment. Then he drew a piece of bread, and the bread immediately appeared in front of him.
![Ivan draws food and gives it to the poor.]
Ivan knew that there were many poor people in the village who didn't have enough to eat, so he decided to use this magical paintbrush to help everyone. He took the food he had drawn and distributed it to the impoverished villagers from house to house. The villagers were all very grateful to him and regarded him as a little hero.
![Ivan draws a big house.]
As time passed, Ivan wanted to do more for the village. He used the paintbrush to draw a large house on the open space in the village. It was a place where all the homeless people could live. Once the large house was drawn, it immediately appeared on the open space, and the people who had originally lived in shabby shacks cheered and moved into the new house.
![A greedy merchant snatched the paintbrush.]
However, this news reached a greedy merchant. The merchant, with his men, found Ivan and snatched his magical paintbrush. The merchant wanted to use this paintbrush to draw countless gold and silver treasures. He locked himself in a room and kept drawing gold coins.
![The merchant is buried by gold coins.]
But he drew too many, and the gold coins gushed out like a tide and soon buried him. The merchant shouted for help loudly in the pile of gold coins, but his men were all scared away.
![Ivan gets back the paintbrush.]
Ivan heard the merchant's cry for help. He bravely walked into the room and found the paintbrush from the pile of gold coins. Ivan used the paintbrush to draw all the gold coins back onto the paper, and only then was the merchant saved. He was so grateful that he apologized to Ivan with tears in his eyes and promised that he would never be greedy again.
![Ivan and the villagers celebrate.]
Finally, Ivan returned to the village with the magical paintbrush. To celebrate Ivan's return and their good fortune, the villagers held a grand celebration. Since then, Ivan has continued to use his paintbrush to create wonderful things for the village, and the village has become more and more prosperous.