【每日英语故事9月2日】——藏有亿万美元秘密的男孩
[p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]One day in 1965, when I was a librarian at View Ridge School in Seattle ,a fourth-grade teacher approached me.She had a student who finished his work before all the othersand needed a challenge. [font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]Could he help in the library?[/font][font=Times New Roman]” [/font][font=Verdana]she asked.I said, [/font][font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]Send him along.[/font][font=Times New Roman]”[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]Soon a slight, sandy-haired boy in jeans and a T-shirt appeared.[/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]I told him about the Dewey Decimal System for shelving books.He picked up the idea immediately.Then I showed him a stack of cards for long-overdue booksthat I was beginning to think had actually been returnedbut were miss-shelved with the wrong cards in them.He said, [font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]Is it kind of a detective job?[/font][font=Times New Roman]”[/font][font=Verdana]I answered [/font][font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]yes[/font][font=Times New Roman]”[/font][font=Verdana]. And he became an unrelenting sleuth.[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]He had found three books with wrong cardsby the time his teacher opened the door and announced,[font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]Time for recess![/font][font=Times New Roman]” [/font][font=Verdana]He argued for finishing the job;she made the case for fresh air. She won.[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]The next morning, he arrived early.[font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]I wanted to finish finding those books,[/font][font=Times New Roman]” [/font][font=Verdana]he said.At the end of the day, when he asked to be a librarian on a regular basis,it was easy to say yes. He worked untiringly.[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]After a few weeks I found a note on my desk,inviting me to dinner at the boy[font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]s home.At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother announcedthat the family would be moving to the adjoining school district.Her son[/font][font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]s first concern, she said, was leaving the View Ridge library.[/font][font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]Who will find the lost books?[/font][font=Times New Roman]” [/font][font=Verdana]he asked.[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]When the time came, I said a reluctant good-bye.Though initially he had seemed an ordinary kid, his zeal had set him apart.[/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]I missed him, but not for long.A few days later he popped in the door and joyfully announced,[font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]The librarian over there doesn[/font][font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]t let boys work in the library.My mother got me transferred back to View Ridge.My dad will drop me off on his way to work.And if he can[/font][font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]t I[/font][font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]ll walk.[/font][font=Times New Roman]”[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]I should have had an inkling such focused determination would take that young man wherever he wanted to go.What I could not have guessed, however,was that he would become a wizard of the Information Age:Bill Gates, tycoon of Microsoft and America[font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]s richest man[/font][/size][size=10.5pt].[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left]
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