What are some of the biggest scientific discoveries in the history of humans? How have they changed our lives? Are all the scientists born with creativity?

There was once a famous scientist who made several important discoveries. Once he was asked how he was able to be so creative. He replied that it all came from an experience he had with his mother at the age of 2. He was trying to take a bottle of milk out of the fridge. But the bottle was too slippery and he dropped it. The kitchen was covered in milk.

When his mother came into the kitchen，instead of shouting at him or punishing him，she said，"Robert，what a great and wonderful mess you have made！I have never seen such a huge puddle（水坑）of milk. Would you like to play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"

So he did. After a few minutes，they cleaned it up together. Then his mother said，"This was a failed experiment（实验）in how to carry a big bottle of milk with two small hands. Let's go out in the backyard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can find a way to carry it without dropping it.”

The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the mouth with both hands，he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson！

The scientist then added that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. He learned that mistakes are just chances   to learn something new which is after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment doesn't "work", we can still learn something valuable from it.

Once upon a time, there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not. One day they found a mirror (镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! 1 look much nicer than you!”

The girl didn’t like what her brother said and gave him a hard push. “Go away!” she said.

Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy. “You must always be good as well as look good.”

Then to the girl he said, “My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”

Last summer, my older brother and I went to grow trees. At first, we thought the work was interesting and easy. When we arrived for our first day of work, a man looked at us and said, “Did you boys read the instructions(说明) you got about how to dress?” In fact, we didn’t read the instructions at all.

“Boys, you’re wearing T-shirts and shorts. Do you know who loves them?” he asked.

“Not really,” we answered.

“Mosquitoes(蚊子)!”

He laughed as he walked away. We looked around and saw that the other workers were wearing long shirts(衬衫) and hats.

Later, the man came over and gave us some long shirts and hats. But we still didn’t have trousers to cover our legs.

It was the worst day of my life. When we got home that night, my legs were covered in big red bites(叮伤). My brother’s legs were, too.

Now, when I hear the sound of a mosquito, I will think of that ▲ day. It gave me a great lesson—always read the instructions!