The Rich and Lady and the Artist

Once a rich old lady asked a well-known artist to  paint her portrait. The artist worked hard on the portrait for many days. When the portrait was ready, he invited the lady to his studio.
                         The old lady  came to the studio. She had her pet dog with her. She was very fond of the dog. She believed that it was the cleverest little animal in the world.
                      The lady showed her  portrait to the dog."Look, Tomy darling," she said,"here is your mistress." But the dog showed no interest.
                             The wealthy lady turned to the artist and said, "I don't want this portrait. It does not look like me at all. Even my clever animal  cannot recognize me in the portrait."
                                           The artist was a man of worldly  wisdom. He knew about the strange ways of wealthy people. So he did not argue. He simply said ,"Madam, please come again tomorrow. I will  make the portrait look so real that your Tommy will wag its tail and lick it."
 

The next day the lady visited the studio again. The dog wagged its tail and ran to the portrait. It licked it with great interest.  The lady said,"How wonderful! How beautiful! My Tomy  likes the portrait so I,too, like it. Please wrap it up." The artist asked for a big price and she paid it willingly.

The artist had a hearty laugh at her back. He had rubbed the portrait with a juicy  piece of meat. Its smell had made the dog lick it.

TACT CAN TURN A BAD BUSSINESS INTO A GOOD BUSSINESS