A poor young man named Liang lived in a small Chinese town. One night, an old man visited Liang in a dream. He gave Liang a brush.
"Use this magic brush to help the 1." he said," but don't use it to help people who are rich and greedy (贪婪地), or the skill will leave your 2 and you will never paint again."
When Liang3, he found the brush lying on the table by his bed. He painted a butterfly and was 4 to see it fly off the paper.
Liang went out of his house and started to paint for the people in need. He painted food for 5 people and clothes for the people who were cold.
However, a rich man heard about the brush and asked Liang to paint some gold for him but Liang didn't 6.
"If you don't paint for me, I'll cut your fingers off," the rich man said, "Then you will never 7again."
So Liang painted an island of 8 in the middle of a blue sea.
"How will I 9the island?" asked the rich man. Liang painted a boat for the rich man, who got in it and went on his way toward the island.
But when the rich man was halfway there, Liang painted a 10 in one side of the boat. The boat sank into the water and nobody ever saw him again.
