At the age of 16, Einstein was always busy playing with a group of mischievous (顽皮捣蛋的) kids. He 1his final exam.
One morning, when Einstein was about to go fishing2his friends. His father stopped him and said, Einstein, you're so interested in playing all day. I'm worried about your3 .
"What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, 4don't they still get to go fishing?" "My boy, you5think like that." his dad said. There is a fable (寓言故事) that people tell in our hometown. 6it now.
There were two cats7on the roof. One cat got caught off guard and fell down the chimney (烟囱)while holding8cat. When the two cats climbed out of the chimney, one of the cats had soot (烟灰) on his face, 9the other cat's face was clean. Seeing the soot-faced cat, the clean cat thought its face must be 10, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The soot-faced cat saw the clean-faced cat, and thought its face was11clean, so it walked down the street.
Einstein, no one can be your12. You have to think for yourself. If you just follow others, you will 13learn.
Hearing this, Einstein walked back to his14. He decided to study instead of caring about what his friends were doing. This allowed him to be15.
