There was a poor boy called Ma Liang. One day,when he saw a man drawing for an officer,he fell in love1 drawing. He hoped the officer could give him a brush to draw pictures. But the officer laughed at him and drove him away.
Ma Liang didn't give up. He began to learn to draw by2 . When he went to cut wood on the mountain,he would draw with a stick. When he went to cut 3 by the river,he would draw with the grass root (根). He drew whatever he saw. One night,he dreamed that an old man gave him a(n) 4 brush. With the brush,everything he drew5 real. Then Ma Liang began to draw for the poor.
The officer6 that and asked Ma Liang to draw gold for him. Ma Liang refused, 7 he was put into prison (监狱). Then Ma Liang 8 drew a door on the wall and ran out. But the officer caught him again. This time,the officer wanted a gold mountain. Ma Liang had no choice but to draw a gold mountain in the middle of the sea. The officer was excited and shouted, "Be quick!Draw a big 9 . I want to get the gold back. " However,on the way to the gold mountain,there came a strong wind. The officer fell into the sea.
Finally,Ma Liang was 10 . He went back home and continued to draw for the poor.