Jim, a successful businessman, shared the experience of his childhood with others.
When he was 12 years old, his parents1. He was alone and didn't get on well with2. People always laughed3him. No one wanted to show kindness to him. His only friend was a4named Tige.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to5, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. "Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy" she said kindly.
A 6 feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had 7 heard. He watched her8she went far away, and he whistled to his dog and went to the river nearby.
"Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!" he repeated the woman's words. Then in a low9he said to his dog, "You are a nice little dog！" Tige raised its10as if it understood.
Finally, he got to the river and looked at himself in it. He saw11but a dirty boy. He washed his face 12. He looked again and saw a clean nice boy.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the13seed of kindness. All of us should14the power of kindness". If you show your kindness to others, you will grow15an able man.
