ONCE, in a small village lived a family with 18 children. Two of the children loved painting very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send both of them to study at the art college at the same time. After many discussions the two boys finally worked out a plan. They would toss (抛) a coin. The loser would go down into the mines (煤矿) and, with his money, pay his brother’s college tuition (学费). Then when the brother who won the toss finished his studies, after four years he would support the other brother studying at the college.