A famous sculptor Michaelangelo lived in Florence. He was well-known all over Italy for his beautiful works. And the governor of Florence made up his mind to ask the famous sculptor to make a statue of himself out of a large piece of marble.
Michaelangelo had worked for two years and at last he completed the beautiful statue which he called “David”. The day the statue was ready a large crowd of people gathered at the square. The governor of Florence came too. He stood for a long time looking at the statue and then said that he didn’t like it. He thought that David’s nose was too long. Michaelangelo made up his mind to please the governor and not to spoil the statue. He went up to the statue with a hand full of marble dust. He seemed to work hard trying to change the shape of the nose. Drops of the marble dust flew down. The governor thought that the dust was from the nose of the statue.
When Michaelangelo had finished the governor said : “That’s excellent. Now you’ve given more life to the face.” And the people who understood what Michaelangelo had done shouted with joy. This statue was one of Michaelangelo’s best works.
