There was a young painter who made money by painting portraits(肖像). His dream was to1famous. One day, a rich man asked him to paint a portrait for him and promised to pay him 10, 000 dollars. After a week, the rich man came to2the painting.3the painting was wonderful, he was not pleased with it. He told the young painter, "I will only buy this painting4 3, 000dollars." The young painter was5. He argued（争吵) with the rich man, hoping the rich man would keep his promise. The rich man thought, "The man in the painting is me. If I don't buy this painting, 6else will buy it. "So he said," I will ask you one last time, ' Will you sell it for 3, 000 dollars?" The young painter said, 'No. I7not to sell it, rather than be humiliated(侮辱)by you. Someday, you will pay 20 times the cost for8your promise. "After that, the painter worked hard day and night. Finally, he achieved his dream in the art world. The rich man forgot about the artist and what he had told him. But one day, some friends told him, "There is a painting to sell for 200, 000 dollars and the man in the painting9you. The painting is titled 'Thief". "Then, the rich man remembered the painter that he had fooled. He quickly went to say sorry to him and paid 200, 000 dollars to buy the portrait. The young painter made the rich man hang his head10the end.
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