Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents 1He was alone and didn't get well on with others. People always laughed2him. No one showed kindness to him. His only friend was a dog named 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 3, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. "Thank you, dear! You are a nice boy!" she said kindly, smiling. A special feeling came to him. These were 4kind words he had ever heard. He watched her5she went far away, and he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river nearby. Then in a low6he said to his dog, "You are a nice little dog!" Tige raised its7 as if it understood. 'Uh! Even a dog likes it!' he said. "Well, I won't say unkind words to you any more!" The dog waved its tails happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw_ 8 but a dirty boy.He washed his face9. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy, He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life. The first seed of kindness that the woman10in his heart made him an able man.
