At the age of 16, Einstein f【小题1】 in several exams because he often played with some bad kids. One weekend morning, Einstein carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those kids. His father s【小题2】 him and said to him calmly, “Einstein, you were spending too much time playing, so you couldn’t get g【小题3】 grades in the exams. I’m worried about your future.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, but they went fishing as usual.”

“My boy, you can’t think so.” Looking at Einstein, his father said, “There is a s【小题4】 in our hometown. I   hope you can listen to it carefully.”

“There were two cats playing on the roof. Suddenly, they fell into the chimney(烟囱).When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat’s face was dirty w【小题5】 the other cat’s face was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was c【小题6】 as well, so it walked happily in the street.”

“Einstein, n【小题7】 can be your mirror. Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a clever person may become stupid.” Hearing this, Einstein was ashamed(惭愧的) and laid down his fishing net and returned to his small room.

After that, Einstein often took h【小题8】 as a mirror to be strict with himself and kept telling himself, “ I am special, so I needn’t be as common as others.” This was why Einstein succeeded in his career(事业).

1,000 people have 1,000 kinds of wishes in life. Different wishes will produce different i【小题9】 about life. You can learn from other people, but you can never follow others completely.

You must see yourself clearly, and know what you want to get. Your future doesn’t depend on how others act, b【小题10】 on what you are going to act.

A crow (乌鸦) noticed that white doves(鸽子) could get food from humans. He was hungry and hoped to get food from humans as well. He cried but nobody noticed him. He thought, “【小题1】 better to be a dove than a crow.”

Just then he saw a bucket (桶) full of white paint. He jumped into the paint and flew out. Now, he was as white as a dove. Then he flew towards doves and ate corn given to doves. None of the doves noticed that there was a crow among them.

The crow was so happy 【小题2】 he cried loudly, “Caw, caw.” All the doves found that this bird 【小题3】 white was a crow. They started to hit him and forced him to fly away.

Later, the crow saw some crows and thought, “Ah! Friends.” He flew towards them but the crows were surprised to see a white bird flying among them. They all flew away, leaving him alone.

Suddenly it started raining and the rain washed away the paint. The crow became sad and he flew towards another group of crows. The leader of the group asked him 【小题4】 had happened, and the crow told his story. After hearing the story, the leader said, “Copying others never lasts long and can’t bring happiness. Always 【小题5】 yourself.”

Roy is a middle-aged man who lives happily with his family in a big house. He is a successful craftsman now. But his life is not a【小题1】 so great. He had a learning disability from an early age. He went to a school for children like him and he got plenty of extra help in this school. He still suffered(受苦) the rest of his school days in public schools.

His life improved so much when he discovered art. The art world gave him a chance to express himself w【小题2】 words. He went to a workshop and gradually got good at making things with clay. Then he learned an important lesson: Though he was disabled in language, he could still be s【小题3】 and successfully express himself with clay.

He got his n【小题4】 lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but he was scared from the start. He soon found it wasn’t a talent thing; it was just p【小题5】. So he did it more. After about five years of climbing, he found himself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. He learned that if a person fell in love with something and did it all the time, he would get better at it. And his confidence came along with it.

Later he found his e【小题6】 really helpful when learning how to read and write. Every day he spent many hours reading and writing, which he used to a【小题7】 as much as possible. After two hard years, he could read and write as well as others.

He has gone through the long process with art, rock climbing, reading and writing. Now he has got to a point in his life where he knows he is also able to dive into an area that is totally hard, unknown, but interesting.