A boy couldn't speak when he was 3 years old. A lot of people thought² he was a foolish³ boy. When the boy was 9 years old, he could¹ speak but he still couldn't speak well. His teacher didn't like him at all and his classmates laughed at him. He felt very sad.

One day his father had⁴ a walk with him. They went to a wood and there were a lot of trees there. Then his father took⁵ him to two trees and said⁶ to him. “Boy, this tree is Sabal and this tree is fir. Sabal grows very quickly at first but a few years later⁷, it will stop growing, so the tallest Sabal can't reach⁸ ten meters⁹. But the fir is different, it grows very slowly¹⁰ at first but it never stops growing so it can grow very tall."

Then his father took him to another fir. It was so tall, so strong. It can reach the sky. The father said to his son, “Son, you are the fir. "The boy understood¹¹ his father's words. The boy became¹² a very great scientist¹³. Do you know who he is?He is the world-famous¹⁴ scientist. His name is Einstein.

文章大意：

一个小男孩三岁了还不会说话。很多人都觉得他是一个笨小孩。他九岁时虽然会说话了但是说得不流利。他的老师不喜欢他，同学们都嘲笑他。他非常伤心。

一天，他的父亲和他一起散步。他们去到了一片树林，那里有很多的树。之后他的父亲把他带到两棵树跟前并对他说：“儿子，这棵树叫蒲葵，这一棵叫冷杉。蒲葵一开始长得很快，但是几年后它会停止生长，所以最高的蒲葵也长不到10米高。但是冷杉不一样，它一开始长得很慢，但是它从来没有停止过生长，所以它最后能长到很高很高。”

接着他父亲带他到另一棵冷杉跟前。这棵冷杉很高很大。它能够到达天际。这个父亲对他儿子说：“儿子，你就是这棵冷杉。”小男孩知道父亲的话是什么意思。之后这个小男孩成为了一个很伟大的科学家。你知道他是谁吗？他是世界闻名的科学家。他的名字叫爱因斯坦。