32 GIOTTO, THE PAINTER.

 

a, man came along, on horseback. The
little artist was so busy at his drawing,
that he did not hear the gound of the
horse’s feet, and so did not observe the
man, until he had got so near as to see
what was going on. The stranger then
looked at the picture, and was pleased
with it.

«Well, my little boy,” said he, * that
is pretty well done.”’ ;

Little Giotto started up, and blushed.
Until that moment, he had not dreamed
that any one was watching him.

The man on horseback proved to be
Cimabue, one of the most famous Ital-