When we talk about inventors, we often think of Edison. He was born11847. He is known as a famous inventor. He has more than 2, 0002during his life. Many of his inventions are very3in our daily lives. Without doubt, he has made great contributions to the whole world. He was a great pioneer of invention all over the world. You can find lots of __4__ about him in different kinds of websites (网站).
Edison was not clever5he was young. But he was good at observing and thinking.
One day, his father found him squatting(蹲)on the grass. "What are you doing?" asked his father. Edison answered, "I am giving birth to a little chicken." He told his father that he saw a hen giving birth to a chicken6. At that time, he thought, "A hen can give birth to a chicken. What about me?" So he did the same as the7. He seemed to have a point.
One day, Edison was curious about the train. He wanted to know how the train8. Then he set a fire near his neighbor's house to see how fire worked. 9, the fire caused an accident. His father was so10that he gave his son a beating.
Edison went to school at the11of seven. But he thought the school was very boring. So he didn't listen to the teacher carefully. As a result, he did badly in his12. Three months later, he was forced to leave school. Edison's mother had to teach him at home and13all kinds of his strange questions. One day, his mother bought him a book14Natural Reader. He was very interested in the little experiments of the book. So he built a small laboratory at home and began to do experiments by 15. Later, he became such a great inventor.
