One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle-aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no1to get food for his large family.
"You look strong. 2 don't you work?" I asked." Simply because I can't get work, sir." "If I give you work, what pay do you want?" "3 I can get bread for my family, sir." he answered.
I decided to find out if he 4 meant what he said. "OK. I'll give you one pound an hour, 5 you can carry a brick(砖)under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without 6." "Thank you, sir. I will."
I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went to my business. I 7 thought he would do what he had promised.
When I came back five hours later, I saw him 8 walking, with the brick under his arm.
I stopped him and gave him9 pounds. He10 me and told me that some people had offered to help him when they knew why he was doing. He would go and ask 11 for work. Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the 12. I did.
Several years later, a well-dressed man greeted me on a train. He said that he was the brick man and had his own business now. "You know, I still keep that brick and always value it as the most 13 thing I have. Because it has brought me14 and success."
15, it was not the brick that made the man successful, but his faithfulness(坚定) in doing even a very little thing.
