A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived.
One 1they arrived to find the schoolhouse was on fire. They dragged(拖) the senseless(无意识的) little boy out of the burning building more dead than alive. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely 2 .
But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his 3that he would survive somehow, and to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. When the 4was past, the mother was told that he would be a lifetime cripple(跛子) with no 5of the lower part of his body at all.
Once more, the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a 6 . He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor(运动神经的) ability. His thin legs were all but lifeless.
Finally he returned from the 7 . Every day his mother would massages(按摩) his little 8, but there was no feeling. Yet his 9that he would walk was as strong as ever.
One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the 10to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He walked his way to the white11 .With great 12, he raised himself up on the fence(篱笆) . Then, he began dragging himself along the fence and 13that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence. 14through his daily massages and his iron determination, he did 15the ability to stand up, then to walk by himself and then to run. This determined young man, Dr Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!
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