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Once upon a time, there was a tale of two childhood friends. Aladdin came from humble beginnings and Pinocchio's family was into the arts. The two boys enjoyed playing in Pinocchio’s family’s art studio. The boys enjoyed playing together but their true passion lied in fantasy world. Aladdin enjoyed trying to paint but never had a real gift for it and Pinocchio enjoyed storytelling but no one ever paid attention to his stories. One day, while in Pinocchio's dad's art studio, Aladdin found an old paint brush. The paintbrush was very dusty and its handle had beautiful engravings on it. Aladdin was intrigued. He began to clean the brush and in doing so became overcome with the urge to paint. So he began on a blank canvas. Now Aladdin had never painted before and had no training whatsoever, so what began to appear on the canvas amazed Aladdin. Pinocchio meanwhile, found an old dusty journal. The journal had a beautiful binding on it but the pages were blank. Under the journal was an old quill pen but no ink. Pinocchio’s mind began to race with thoughts of stories to write. One story in particular made him feel funny inside. And so feeling compelled Pinocchio picked up the pen and started to scribble. As he scribbled, he felt tingles on his head. As he turned the pages completing the sentences he noticed a feeling on his ears. It was his hair growing at an unexplainable rapid pace. The boys were so overcome with their new gifts they have forgotten about each other for awhile. Aladdin finished first and was so eager to show Pinocchio what he had done. Pinocchio was also excited to show Aladdin what he had written. The boys turned to each other at the exact same time and Aladdin was amazed by the change of Pinocchio’s appearance. But it was what Pinocchio saw that surprised him even more. Aladdin’s painting was an exact illustration of Pinocchio’s story. The boys looked at the other ones work and were amazed. Soon the town heard o

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