爱华网Where There Is aWill, There Is a Way
(有志者事竟成)
Henry Bond wasabout ten years old when his father died. His mother found itdifficult to provide for the support of a large family, thus leftentirely in her care. By good management, however, she contrived todo so and also to send Henry, the oldest, to school, and to supplyhim, for the most part, with such books as he needed.
Atone time, however, Henry wanted a grammar, in order to join a classin that study, and his mother could not furnish him with the moneyto buy it. He was very much troubled about it, and went to bed witha heavy heart thinking what could be done.
Onwaking in the morning, he found that a deep snow had fallen, andthe cold wind was blowing furiously. “Ah,” said he, “it is an illwind that blows nobody good.”
Herose, ran to house of a neighbor, and offered his service to cleara path around his premises. The offer was accepted. Havingcompleted this work, and received his pay, he went to another placefor the same purpose, and then to another, until he had earnedenough to buy a grammar.
Whenschool commenced, Henry was in his seat, the happiest boy there,ready to begin the lesson in his new book.
Fromthat time, Henry was always the first in all his classes. He knewno such word as fail, but always succeeded in all he had attempted.Having the will, he always found the way.
父亲去世时，亨利·邦德大概只有10岁，母亲一人独自支撑一个大家庭的重担。这对她来说是一件非常困难的事，但由于治家有方她却做到了，而且她还把最大的孩子亨利送去了学校，尽可能给他提供他所需要的课本。
有一次，亨利需要一本语法书，上课的时候用，但妈妈却没有钱给他买。为此他十分苦恼，带着一颗沉重的心上床睡觉，在床上一直想着怎么办。
第二天醒来的时候，他发现昨夜下了一场大雪，这会儿还寒风凛冽。“啊!”他说，“这大风不会给任何人带来好处。”
他赶紧起床，跑到邻居家，提出自己可以帮他们在房子周围清出一条小路来，他们欣然接受了。完成这项工作之后，他得到了应有的报酬，于是他又跑到另外一家做同样的工作，然后是另一家，最后他终于挣到了足够的钱去买那本他急需的语法书。
开学的时候，亨利很开心地坐在座位上，是所有孩子里最开心的一个，因为他带着他的新书，准备好了开始上这门课。
从那时开始，亨利一直都是所有功课学得最好的学生。他的字典里没有“失败”这个词，只有为了成功不断地去尝试。有了这样的意志，他总是能找到通向成功的道路。
