有一个名叫艾伦的孩子,9岁时在祖父的农场里开始了他的第一份工作——赤手去捡牧场上的牛粪饼。一般的孩子嫌这份活儿脏,都不愿做,而艾伦却干得好极了。由于他捡牛粪饼表现出色,祖父给了他一个向往已久的工作——放牧马匹。这件事深深影响了小艾伦,使他坚信这样一则人生信条:手头的工作无论多么低贱,只要做好了,就是机会。 A child named Allen started his first job at his grandfather’s farm at the age of ninety-picking up the dung cakes on the ranch with his bare hands. The average child does not want to do this dirty work, and Allen is doing very well. His grandfather gave him a long-awaited job of grazing horses because of his outstanding performance in picking up cow dunks. This incident deeply influenced Little Allen and convinced him of the tenet of life: no matter how lowly the work at hand, as long as it is done, it is an opportunity.