GIOTTO, THE PAINTER. 31

 

began learning his trade as a shep-
herd boy.

One day, the little fellow took it
into his head to sketch the picture
of a sheep that was lying down near
him. But how was he to make the
sketch ? He had no pen, no pencil,
no colors. Necessity is a good school-
master, and necessity taught. little Gi-
otto what to do. He found a smooth
flat stone; and upon this stone, by
the help of a small piece of slate, he
sketched—very rudely and imperfectly,
_to be sure—the picture of the sheep.
While he was engaged in this work,