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tags: Eileen, final version
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# Magic Paintbrush

## Author
Eileen

## Story Information

### Theme
Find what is important in life

### Rule
The magic powers of the brush pen will be lost if someone uses it to paint the living things.

### Character
#### Character: Colin
a 12 years old boy, eager to be a great painter, but he has never been recognized. He is a nice person that always helps people whenever they are in trouble. He is not confident, doesn’t have strong convictions and easily wavers when he encounters something.

### Goal
Earn Reputation

### Crisis
Reputation

### Change
Greed

### Emotional trend
Negative -- Positive

## Plot
### scene 1 :
#### Character 0 : [0 0 0 0] -> [1 1 0 0]
Colin dreams of becoming a great painter, but he has never gained any recognition. One night, a fairy gives him a paintbrush in his dream. The fairy tells him it is a magic brush pen that will help him become a recognized artist and gain a high reputation as a painter after using it. In the meanwhile, the fairy warns him, the magic power will be lost if Colin uses it to paint the living things. Colin commits to not paint any living things. He wakes up and discovers there is a paintbrush on the table that looks exactly the same as in his dream.

### scene 2 :
#### Character 0 : [1 1 0 0] -> [1 2 1 0]
He doodles a cup on the paper with his paintbrush and the cup becomes real. He is excited and tells his friend, his friend spreads the news and eventually everyone knows he has a paintbrush. Soon, he is very busy. He paints bread for the hungry people. He paints a lot of toys for the kids who can't afford them. Everyone compliments him on his paintings. His close friend tells him that maybe if he just painted some money then all the world’s problems will be solved.

### scene 3 :
#### Character 0 : [1 2 1 0] -> [1 1 2 0]
He agrees. Once he starts to paint money, a lot of rich people come to his house and ask him to draw the gold and jewels. He’s indecisive at first, but agrees after the rich promise that doing this will bring him into the upper-class and he’ll achieve a life beyond his reach.

### scene 4 :
#### Character 0 : [1 1 2 0] -> [2 1 1 1]
He starts a splendid life that he never had before. He abandons his dream of becoming a great painter quickly. He really enjoys his upper-class life and starts to become a little bit arrogant. He only paints for the rich. Colin feels more like a machine than a painter sometimes.

### scene 5 :
#### Character 0 : [2 1 1 1] -> [2 3 2 1]
The president asks Colin to paint for him which causes Colin to feel that this is an opportunity to get more benefits that are unavailable to him. However, the president wants immortality. Colin refuses because he does not know how to do that. The president threatens to steal his paintbrush and kill him. Colin starts to realize he is putting his current fancy life at risk.

### scene 6 :
#### Character 0 : [2 3 2 1] -> [2 3 2 1]
The President threatens him again. In order to survive, Colin has to agree and lie to the president about being able to help him achieve immortality. Colin paints a lot of younger presidents on the paper. The original president is the same when he is done, but there are lots of younger versions of the presidents that show up. This causes a lot of chaos, and Colin takes advantage of the confusion to escape.

### scene 7 :
#### Character 0 : [2 3 2 1] -> [2 2 3 3]
Colin goes back home, the rich come to ask him to paint treasure for them again and he refuses. However, the brush loses its magic and his paintings can not become real any more. The rich don’t believe him and threaten him also. Colin runs away again.

### scene 8 :
#### Character 0 : [2 2 3 3] -> [3 1 4 3]
He moves to a village that has suffered from poverty forever. There is no one who asks him to paint any treasure this time even though they recognize him. They help him settle down quickly and encourage him to develop his painting skills. He enjoys this and realizes that a peaceful life is more important than upper-class life.

### scene 9 :
#### Character 0 : [3 1 4 3] -> [4 0 4 4]
One night, the fairy shows up in his dream again. He admits his mistake of painting the living things for the president. The fairy forgives him and tells him she will restore the magic back into the paintbrush. Colin refuses because he thinks the current life is what he really wants. He does not need the magic paintbrush anymore.

### scene 10 :
#### Character 0 : [4 0 4 4] -> [4 0 4 4]
A few years later, Colin has become a popular well-known painter. Everyone likes his paintings that he can create with any paintbrush.