Write a story depicting a boy and the paintings he drew
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Koji and the cats
Long ago in Japan, there lived a poor farmer and his wife. They had
many ch nildren and most of them helped the parents in the paddy s However, Koji wanted to only paint, and that too only cats.
Koji's parents were not happy with this. They sent him to a Buddhist temple to train to become a monk. So Koji began living with the priest and other students in the temple. While the other children learned their lessons, Koji only painted cats. He painted them on the shoji screens, on books and on paper scrolls, on the ground, and even on the bare yellow walls! After a few months, the priest felt that Koji was wasting his time.
He said sadly, 'Koji. please qo home. You can't become a priest, but you might grow up to be a famous artist. As koji was leaving,the monk advised him, "Be careful remain away from large places at night.
He moved back to his town.When night fall he saw a temple. He knocked nd entered the large hall. The hall was empty. In the large empty hall, Koji saw dozens of plain shoji screens. He quickly opened his painting kit and happily began drawing and painting cats on the screens. He made many litters of cats and then he decided to go to sleep.
Koji remembered that the priest had warned him about large places. He spotted a small cupboard, slid its door open, and lay down on one at the shelves. Then he slid the door back and fell asleep.
Koji was awakened by the sounds of banging, crashing, thudding, and howling. Then suddenly there was silence. Frightened by the terrible sounds and the eerie silence, he lay motionless all night long.
At dawn, Koji slid open the cupboard door very slowly and stepped out. He was shocked to see a dead rat on the floor. It was almost tre size of a rhinoceros! He looked around fearfully. To his surprise, he saw that all the cu that he had drawn at night had bloodstains on their mouths. Koji realized that the cats had magically got together and killed the monster-rat.Soon the villagers who lived around the temple gathereu dreadful scene.
The crowd of people exclaimed ioyfully, 'You're a hero!' An old woman explained, 'Son, you have killed the monster-rat that even the bravest of our men couldn't kill'
By the time Koji reached home, his family had already heard about the wonderful task he had done.
His father said, 'Draw and paint as much as you like! You're born to be an artist.
Koji drew many wonderful pictures, and he grew up to be a famous painter in Japan.