A merchant asked a Zen artist
for a painting of a rooster.
"Come back in a year," the artist said.
In a year the merchant returned
and asked for the painting.
The artist said "oh yes."
He turned to his brushes and in a few strokes
painted a rooster.
"That took a year?" asked the merchant.
The artist opened a cabinet and
ten thousand paintings of a rooster cascaded out.
for a painting of a rooster.
"Come back in a year," the artist said.
In a year the merchant returned
and asked for the painting.
The artist said "oh yes."
He turned to his brushes and in a few strokes
painted a rooster.
"That took a year?" asked the merchant.
The artist opened a cabinet and
ten thousand paintings of a rooster cascaded out.
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