One day, a Swiss inventor named George de Mestral was walking in the forest. He noticed that many small plants stuck to his trousers. He wondered why they were difficult to pull off. So he collected some of them and took them home. He looked at them under a microscope(显微镜) and discovered that there were lots of small hooks(钩状物) on the plants. These hooks were sticking to the loops(环) in the material of his trousers.
The man thought that this was a good way to make things stick together, so he took his idea to visit one of his friends in France. Together they worked hard and invented a kind of "locking tape". And they called this great invention "Velcro".
Today Velcro is used everywhere, and it has made our lives easier and more convenient. Although many companies produce it, the word "Velcro" is a brand name, and belongs to the company started by George de Mestral. In other words, no other companies are allowed to call their products "Velcro".
George de Mestral never dreamed of how popular his product would become. His life changed forever after he invented Velcro. Thanks to Velcro, he became rich and successful.
