Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good1 and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.
One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went 2 the school psychologist's office (心理咨询室) to ask for help.
"Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a3 study (研究) of them，" said the psychologist.
"I've been trying hard. " Johnnie was about to4 .
The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. Some painters are5 able to learn maths, and some engineers can't sing on key (调). Some day you will find6 you are good at, and when you do it, you will7 your parents and all of us very proud of you. "
Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon8 amazing (神奇的) happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called "a green thumb". The plants he9 grew well, and the roses blossomed. People started to accept his10 of gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.
One day while he was downtown, he happened to 11 an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission (允许), he started the work,12 he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants that he 13 for it. People gave him young trees, rose bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little 14 .
Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they always 15 beauty before the eyes of people.
