Long, long ago there lived a king. He loved horses. One day 
he asked an artist to draw him a beautiful horse. The artist 
said, "All right, but you must wait." So the king waited. He 
waited and waited. At last, after a year he could not wait any 
longer. He went to see the artist himself. 

Quickly the artist brought out paper and a brush. In five
minutes he finished drawing a very beautiful horse. The king 
was angry. "You can draw a good horse in five minutes, yet you 
kept me waiting for a year. Why?"

"Come with me, please." said the artist. They went to the 
artist's workroom. There they saw piles and piles of paper. 
On every piece of paper was a picture of a horse. "It took me 
more than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in five 
minutes." the artist said.

 翻译

很久很久以前，一个国王，非常爱马。一天他让一个画家给他画匹马，画家说，没问题，但是你得等。国王就等啊等，等啊等。最后，等了一年，他再也不想等了，于是他就亲自去拜访那个画家。

很快画家拿住画纸和画笔，不到五分钟 一匹漂亮的马就画好了。国王很生气，你明明可以五分钟搞定，为什么让我等了一年！

“请跟我来”画家说。他们进入了画家的画室，里面成堆成堆的纸啊！每张纸都是一匹马。画家说：我用了一年的时间来学会如何在五分钟内画马。