Once a young artist wanted to paint a face. He wanted to make it a living symbol of innocence and joy. He took a jolly child for his model and drew his face. The picture became very beautiful and attractive.
Long years passed on. The artist had become a grey old man. He took into his head to draw another picture as a contrast to his picture of innocence. He wanted to call it ‘guilt’.
This time the artist went to a dark and damp dungeon for his model. He found an ugly criminal chained there. He was condemned to death for crime. The artist took him as his model for the second picture. The artist asked the jailor the name of the criminal. To his great surprise he discovered a strange fact.
The criminal was really the child whose picture the artist had painted at first.
Long years passed on. The artist had become a grey old man. He took into his head to draw another picture as a contrast to his picture of innocence. He wanted to call it ‘guilt’.
This time the artist went to a dark and damp dungeon for his model. He found an ugly criminal chained there. He was condemned to death for crime. The artist took him as his model for the second picture. The artist asked the jailor the name of the criminal. To his great surprise he discovered a strange fact.
The criminal was really the child whose picture the artist had painted at first.
