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“Take me back to prison”

There was a king who thought that he could paint very well. His pictures were bad. But the people to whom he showed them were afraid of the king. They all said that they liked his pictures very much.

One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who lived in his country and said: “I want to know what you think of my pictures. Do you like them? Am I a good painter or not?”

The painter looked at the king’s pictures and said: “My king, I think your pictures are bad, and that you will never be a good painter.” The king got very angry and sent the painter to prison.

After two years the king wanted to see the painter again. “I was very angry with you,” he said, because you didn’t like my pictures. Now I forget all about it. You are a free man again, I am your friend.” For many hours the king talked with the painter, and even asked him to dine. After the dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter and asked: “Well, how do you like them now?”

The painter did not answer anything. He turned to the soldier who was standing near him and said: “Take me back to prison.”

Answer 1

One day the king showed his pictures to a great painter who lived in his country and said that he wanted to know what a great painter thought of hispictures. The king asked a great painter if he liked them and whether he was a good painter or not.
The painter looked at the king’s pictures and said that he thought king's pictures were bad, and that the king(he) would never be a good painter.
The king said that he had been very angry with him(with the painter) because he (the painter) hadn't liked his pictures.He said that he forgot all about it then and added that he (the painter) was a free man again and he(the king) was his friend.
After the dinner the king showed his pictures to the painter and asked him how he liked them then.
He turned to the soldier who was standing near him and said (asked) to take him back to prison.