Picasso and the poet Max Jacob， down but not quite out in Paris， shared① a bed in turn.
Jacob slept at night while Picasso worked， and Picasso slept by day when Jacob worked as a novelty-shop clerk②.
On arising in the morning， Jacob often would have to walk on a floor carpeted③ with drawings. Later， Jacob’s footprints had to be removed④ by art experts.
① sharev. 分享，共同使用
② clerkn. 店员，销售员
③ carpetv. 在……上铺地毯，把花草铺在……上
④ removev. 脱掉，去掉，消除
毕加索画上的雅各布的脚印
潦而不倒的毕加索和诗人马克斯·雅各布曾在巴黎轮流共睡一张床。
晚上雅各布睡觉，毕加索工作；白天毕加索睡觉，雅各布在一家玩具商店当店员。
雅各布早上起床时常常得走过铺满图画的地板。后来不得不请美术专家除掉雅各布留在毕加索一幅幅画上的那些脚印。