In the 1940s, there was a poor old man named Harland Sanders. He lived in a small house and drove an old 1 .
He wanted to make a change. So he thought about what he could do. He wanted to offer something that other people may also 2 from His mind went to his fried chicken recipe(配方) His friends and family loved them very much So, he 3 the idea of selling his recipe
He left his home state of Kentucky and traveled across the country, trying to 4 his recipe He even offered the recipe for free, asking for only a little 5 that was made from it
However, most of the restaurants wouldn't take his 6 In fact, 1, 009 restaurants said no But even so, he didn't give up He believed in himself and his chicken recipe 7 , when he visited the 1, 010th restaurant, he got a YES.
After two 8 of making daily sales, he signed up(签约) five restaurants But the story didn't end here By 1963 he had 600 restaurants across the country selling his 9 recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken Soon he became very 10 But he still worked for KFC, until his death in 1980 at the age of 90.
