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 big9 .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 was10 .He went back home and continued to draw for the poor.