There was a young painter who made money by painting portraits (肖像画). His dream was 1 famous. One day, a rich lady asked him to paint a portrait for her and promised to pay 2 10,000 dollars.
After a week, the lady came to take the painting. The painting was wonderful, 3 she was not happy with it. She told the young painter, "I will buy this painting only for 3,000 dollars." The young painter felt 4 at what she said. Then he 5 with the lady, hoping that she would keep her promise.
The rich lady said to the painter, "The person in the painting is me. If I don't buy this painting, nobody else will buy it. So you have to sell it to me for 3,000 dollars."
The young painter said 6, "No, I prefer not to sell it rather than be humiliated (羞辱) by you. Someday, you need to spend 20 times the money 7 the painting, because you break your promise today."
After that, the painter worked very 8 day and night. Finally, he became famous in the field of art.
The rich lady soon forgot about the artist and what he had told her. But one day, one of her 9 told her, "There is a painter selling a painting called 'Liar' (说谎的人) for 200,000 dollars. The lady in the painting looks really like you."
Then, the rich lady remembered the painter. She quickly went to 10 sorry to him and paid 200,000 dollars to buy the portrait.
