??A joke or a lesson

[Yazan]

[COLOR=darkblue][I][FONT=Courier New][ALIGN=LEFT]A rich man invited a famous painter to paint a portrait of him, but when the painting was finished he refused to pay the $... commission that he had promised at the start. The reason for his refusal, he said, was that ' the portrait is not me at all'.

Later the painter exhibited the portrait and entitled it 'Thief'. The rich man protested furiously when he found out..

It is not a portrait of you at all' the painter explained calmly,

[Yazan]

[ALIGN=CENTER]A rich man invited a famous painter to paint a portrait of him, but when the painting was finished he refused to pay the $... commission that he had promised at the start. The reason for his refusal, he said, was that ' the portrait is not me at all'.

Later the painter exhibited the portrait and entitled it 'Thief'. The rich man protested furiously when he found out.

'It is not a portrait of you at all' the painter explained calmly, you said so'

Thereupon the rich man was forced to buy the portrait,. He renamed it 'The Philanthropist'


Yazan[/ALIGN]