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1、Ayoungpainterlivedinasmallnarrowhouse,livingonpaintingportraitsbeforehebecamefamous. Oneday,arichmancamebyandfoundthepainterpaintingsocarefullythathelikeditandaskedhimtodrawaportrait.Theyagreedonthefeeof10,000dollars. Afteraweek,theportraitwasdone.Therichmancametota
2、kethepaintingasagreedon.Atthismoment,therichmancameupwithanevilideaofbullyingtheunknownyoungartist,soherefusedtopaythefee. Therichmanthoughtthemaninthepaintingisme.IfIdonnotbuythispainting,noonewillbuyit.WhyshouldIpaysomuchmoneyforit?Sotherichmansaid“Iwillonlypay3,0
3、00dollarstobuythispainting.” Theyoungartistwassurprised,forhehadnevercomeacrosssuchthings.Hestronglyarguedonjustgrounds,expectingtherichmantoabidebytheagreementandtobeatrustworthyman.“Icanonlypay3,000dollarstobuythepainting.Speaknomore.”Therichmanthoughthehadwon,”Ia
4、skyouatlast,willyousellit3,000dollarsornot？”Theyoungartistknewtherichmandeliberatelybrokehispromise,sohefeltangry.Hesaidinafirmtone,“No.Iwouldprefernottosellthepaintingratherthantobehumiliatedbyyou.Todayyoubreakyourwordandsomedayyoumustpay20times.”“Whatajoke!20times
5、willbe200,000!Iwon’tbestupidtopay200,00dollarstobuythepainting!”“Well,we,dbetterwaitandsee,theyoungartistsaidtotherichmanwholeftangrily.”Afterthestimulation(刺激)ofsuchanincident,thepaintermovedoutofthissadplace,formally acknowledgedknowledgeandworkedhardnightandday.M
6、orethanadozenyearslater,hefinallystartedanewwayandbecamepopularinthecircleofart. Afterheleftthestudio,therichmanhadforgottentheartist’spaintingandwordsthenextday.Untiloneday,somefriendsoftherichmancametotellhim,“Somethingissostrange!Wepaidavisittoafamousartist’sexhi
7、bitionofpaintings,inwhichonepaintingismarked200,000dollarsandthemaninthepaintinglooksexactlythesameasyou.ItissoridiculousthatthetitleofthepaintingisThief.”Heimmediatelythoughtofwhathadhappenedtothepaintermorethanadozenyearsbefore.Ifthepaintingwerereallytheonehebroke
8、hispromisethatyear,itwouldbeterribletohim.Hewenttofindtheyoungpainterthesamenightrightaway.Asexpected,thepaintingtitledasTheiefwasnoothert
