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Absent-Minded Once there was a noted artist. He could paint beautiful pictures and he loved his art. Whenever he found a nice smooth surface anywhere he liked to draw and paint pictures on it. One day his wife was sick and her back pained her very much. The doctor visited her and prescribed for her. He told her husband, the artist, to put iodine on her back with a brush. When the doctor was gone the artist got the iodine and a brush and proceeded to do as the doctor had directed. His wife’s back was smooth and white. The artist imagined that it was a nice smooth canvas and began to paint a picture on it. He painted trees and flowers and other things. By and by his wife became impatient and asked him what he was doing so long. Then the artist came to himself and saw that he had painted a picture on his wife’s back while he was dreaming. He told his wife what he had done by mistake and they both laughed heartily. I think the laugh did his wife as much good as the iodine.  ...

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