Did you have cereal （麦片粥） for breakfast this morning？ If you did， you're not 1 . Millions of people eat cereal for breakfast every day. In fact， cereal is popular all over the world. It all 2 with one man， Will Keith Kellogg.
Will was born on April 7， 1860， in Battle Creek， Michigan， USA. He got his first 3 at a sanitarium， a place for people who are ill for a long time or who are getting over a serious illness. Will worked hard and 4 became the manager of the sanitarium. His brother， John， was a doctor there. One big 5 at the sanitarium was the patients food. The patients needed 6 food， but it was also important for the food to be tasty. Will was trying to find a good food choice to take the place of bread， but it wasn't going very well. Then， 7 ， Will found something great. He let some wheat （小麦）cook too long. As it was rolled out （擀平）， it 8 large， thin flakes（薄片）. He asked his brother to serve the flakes to the patients， and they 9 them! In fact， they liked them so much that they wanted the flakes sent to them even 10 they left the sanitarium. So Will started a new 11 ： selling packaged breakfast flakes. Before long， Will's breakfast cereal was 12 in other countries， too.
Will did more than just selling breakfast flakes. His business made a lot of 13 . But he did not keep it. He used much of it to help children. He also used the money to 14 several other charities （慈善机构）. Will Kellogg died in 1951. But his most famous 15 is as popular as ever.
