One day, a guest was making drawings for the King of the State of Qi.

一天，有位客人为齐王作画。

The King of Qi asked him:

齐王问他:

"What do you think is the most difficult thing to draw?"

"你认为画什么东西最难?"

The guest answered:

客人回答说:

"Dogs and horses are the most difficult to draw."

"画狗、画马最难了。"

"Then what is the easiest thing to draw?" the King of Qi asked again.

"那么，画什么东西最容易呢?"齐王又问道。

"Ghosts are the easiest to draw," the guest answered. "People are familiar with dogs and horses, which they see every day, so dogs and horses are the most difficult to draw. As to ghosts, no one has ever seen them, so one can draw them any way one likes. Therefore, ghosts are the easiest to draw."

客人回答说: "画鬼最容易。因为狗、马人人都知道，天天都看见，所以最难画。至于鬼呢，谁也没有见过，想怎么画就怎么画，所以最容易画。"

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作文地带知识拓展:

• ‌“故事”的英文翻译是“Story”‌。‌

  Story是一个英语单词，主要用作名词、动词，作名词时翻译为“故事；小说；描述；新闻报道；来历；假话；层；一种测量单位（1 story 等于 3.3 米）；(Story) 斯托里（人名）”，作动词时翻译为“用历史故事画装饰；说谎”。

  故事是一种文学体裁，侧重于事件发展过程的描述，强调情节的生动性和连贯性，适合口头讲述。‌故事可以是真实发生的事情，也可以是虚构的情节。它们通常与人类的历史、文化传统和价值观念密切相关，通过记忆和传播，影响着社会的性格形成和文化形态。‌