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Many years ago, on the other side of the world lived the family of a poor shepherd. One day, the shepherd took his two sons when taking care of the sheep for other people. A group of wild geese flied over their heads, crying their way and soon disappeared in distance.
The younger son was curious, ¡±Dad, where are they flying?¡±
¡°They are migrating to a warm place, my boy. The winter here is too cold for them to survive.¡±
Fascinated by the powerful wing-shaking and the beautiful gliding in the sky, the boys said their wish out loud that they could fly as the wild geese did...
¡°You can, as long as you want.¡± said the father.
The boys tried, shaking their arms and crouching their feet, but they did not get off the ground... They became skeptical about what their father had said.
Noticing the doubt in his sons¡¯ eyes, the shepherd replied, ¡°I will show you how to fly¡¡± He stretched out his arms and imitated the wild geese... Although he tried hard, he was still standing there.
¡°I am getting old, and I am now too old to fly. But you are young, boys, so you can make it when you grow up, as long as you have faith in your dream. When someday you are able to take off, you will be able to go anywhere you want¡¡±
The boys remembered their father¡¯s words, and after years of hard work, their long-cherished dream was finally put into effect, as in the year 1930, when the the elder brother, Wilbur, was 36, and the younger, Orville, 32, they flied ¡°the world¡¯s first power-driven heavier-than-air machine¡± and thus opened an era of aviation.
Yes you get it right- they are the ¡°Wright Brothers¡±, the inventors, builders, and flyers of this flying machine.
Have faith in your dreams, and go make it come true. There might be countless seemingly unsurmountable mountains and overwhelming setbacks to fly over. But once you are determined, you will eventually find the way-out, and have the golden wings of your own, which can take you to the best place you want to go.
Did you ever think of the Wright Brothers when you were onboard a plane?
Perhaps not.
But I think you will.
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