There was a young painter who made a living by painting portraits（画像）.One day，a rich man asked him to paint a portrait for him and1 to pay him 10，000 dollars.
After a week，the rich man came to take the painting，2 he was not pleased with it.He told the young painter， "I will3 pay 3，000 dollars for this painting."
The young painter was4 .He argued with the rich man，hoping the rich man would keep his word.The rich man thought， "The man in the painting is me.If I don't buy this painting5 ." So he said，"I will ask you one last time：will you sell it for 3，000 dollars?"
The young painter said firmly， "No.I would prefer not to sell it，rather than be humiliated（侮辱），you will pay 20 times the cost for6 your promise."
After that，the painter worked hard night and day.Finally，he became7 in the art world.
The rich man forgot about the8 and what he had told him.But one day，some friends told him， "There is a painting selling for 2009 like you.The painting is titled 'Thief'".
Then，the rich man remembered the artist.He quickly went to10 and paid 200，000 dollars to buy the portrait.The young painter made the rich man bow his head in the end.
