愛華網(wǎng)Where There Is aWill, There Is a Way
(有志者事竟成)
Henry Bond wasabout ten years old when his father died. His mother found itdifficult to provide for the support of a large family, thus leftentirely in her care. By good management, however, she contrived todo so and also to send Henry, the oldest, to school, and to supplyhim, for the most part, with such books as he needed.
Atone time, however, Henry wanted a grammar, in order to join a classin that study, and his mother could not furnish him with the moneyto buy it. He was very much troubled about it, and went to bed witha heavy heart thinking what could be done.
Onwaking in the morning, he found that a deep snow had fallen, andthe cold wind was blowing furiously. “Ah,” said he, “it is an illwind that blows nobody good.”
Herose, ran to house of a neighbor, and offered his service to cleara path around his premises. The offer was accepted. Havingcompleted this work, and received his pay, he went to another placefor the same purpose, and then to another, until he had earnedenough to buy a grammar.
Whenschool commenced, Henry was in his seat, the happiest boy there,ready to begin the lesson in his new book.
Fromthat time, Henry was always the first in all his classes. He knewno such word as fail, but always succeeded in all he had attempted.Having the will, he always found the way.
父親去世時(shí)，亨利·邦德大概只有10歲，母親一人獨(dú)自支撐一個(gè)大家庭的重?fù)?dān)。這對(duì)她來(lái)說(shuō)是一件非常困難的事，但由于治家有方她卻做到了，而且她還把最大的孩子亨利送去了學(xué)校，盡可能給他提供他所需要的課本。
有一次，亨利需要一本語(yǔ)法書，上課的時(shí)候用，但媽媽卻沒有錢給他買。為此他十分苦惱，帶著一顆沉重的心上床睡覺，在床上一直想著怎么辦?！ ?/p>
第二天醒來(lái)的時(shí)候，他發(fā)現(xiàn)昨夜下了一場(chǎng)大雪，這會(huì)兒還寒風(fēng)凜冽?！鞍?”他說(shuō)，“這大風(fēng)不會(huì)給任何人帶來(lái)好處?！?/p>
他趕緊起床，跑到鄰居家，提出自己可以幫他們?cè)诜孔又車宄鲆粭l小路來(lái)，他們欣然接受了。完成這項(xiàng)工作之后，他得到了應(yīng)有的報(bào)酬，于是他又跑到另外一家做同樣的工作，然后是另一家，最后他終于掙到了足夠的錢去買那本他急需的語(yǔ)法書。
開學(xué)的時(shí)候，亨利很開心地坐在座位上，是所有孩子里最開心的一個(gè)，因?yàn)樗麕е男聲?，?zhǔn)備好了開始上這門課。
從那時(shí)開始，亨利一直都是所有功課學(xué)得最好的學(xué)生。他的字典里沒有“失敗”這個(gè)詞，只有為了成功不斷地去嘗試。有了這樣的意志，他總是能找到通向成功的道路。
