The little country schoolhouse was heated by a coal stove. An eight-year-old boy named Glenn had the job of using kerosene to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One cold morning someone 1 filled the kerosene container with gasoline, and disaster 2. The class and teacher arrived to find the schoolhouse burned in flames. 3 on realizing that Glenn was inside, they rushed in and managed to drag the 4 boy out of the flaming building. He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby hospital.
From his bed, the dreadfully burned, semi-conscious boy heard the doctor talking to his mother. Her son would surely die. 5 the boy didn't want to die. He would 6. Somehow, to the 7 of the physician, he did survive. Unfortunately, Glenn had no motor 8. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get fresh air. Instead of sitting there, he threw himself 9 the chair. Glenn 10 himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He worked his way to the white fence. With great 11, he raised himself up on the fence. He started to do this every day 12 he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence. There was 13 he wanted more than to develop life in those legs.
Glenn's iron persistence and determination 14. He did develop the ability first to stand up, then to walk with help, then to walk by himself and then to run. He eventually received the 15 "Kansas Flyer".
