”Wow!” said Susan. ”I have finished my homework and Im going to paint a picture of our stairs. Its for a competition in school tomOrrow. ”
” Do you need any help?” Mr.Cooper asked.”Its almost timefor bed. ”
”Ill be quick,” said Susan. ”I wonder what colour to use. ”
”Well, our stairs are brown,” said her father. ”Thanks, Dad,” saidSusan.
When she finished her picture, Susan began playing with her brushwhich was still wet. Then something happened~ She dropped the brushright on the picture ! There in the middle of her picture was a blobof brown paint !”Oh, Dad! What will I do?” Susan cried.”My picture is ruined And its too late to paint another. ””Let me see,” said her father. ”The paint blob looks just like a spoton a dog. All you have todo is to draw a dog around the spot!”
”Thats a wonderful ideal” cried Susan. She drew a dog around the blob of brown paint, ”That looksjust fine~ You know, few things are as bad as they seem at first. With a little imagination you can turn badinto good,” said Susans father.
The next day Susan went to school early.
When the competition began, Mr. King said,” Ive chosen three pictures, and I want you to say whichone you like best. That picture wins !” The children did not like the first one. The next picture was on blackpaper, but the stairs were red.So it was not so good.Then Mr.King showed the third painting~Itwas Susans !
”The stairs are straight,” said Joe.
”Yes, and the brown paint shows up well on the white paper,” said Lucy.
”And look at the little dog,” said Terry. ”He seems to belong there. ”
The children voted and Susans painting won. Mr. King handed her the prize——some paints
”Susan had a good idea,” Mr. King said. ”That little dog finished a good painting. It made the stairsseem real. ”