When Michael Jordan was 13, his father gave him a used T-shirt and asked, "What do you think the value of this would be?" Jordan replied, "Maybe $1." His father asked, "Can you 1 it for $2?" Jordan nodded his head. Then he washed it carefully. The next day, he brought the 2 T-shirt to a crowded station. After six hours, Jordan finally 3 to sell it for $2. He took the money and ran home happily.
More than 10 days later, his father gave him a used suit 4, "Now think of a way that you can sell this suit for $20." Jordan first thought it 5 because he thought this suit was worth $2 at most.
"Why don't you 6 it first? There must be a way," his father replied.
Finally, Jordan got a(n) 7. He painted a picture of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse on the suit. Then he sold it 8 a school where the children of the rich studied. A boy liked the suit very much and Jordan 9 sold it.
When he got home, his father gave him a used shirt. "Can you sell it for $200?" This time, Jordan accepted the shirt without doubt.
Two months later, a popular 10 came to New York for her new movie. Jordan knew it and went to 11 her autograph (亲笔签名). Jordan said he liked her movie very much, so the woman was 12 to write her name on the shirt.
The next day Jordan sold the shirt for $1,200. His father was amazed and asked, "What did you learn from 13 experience?"
Jordan replied, "Where there's a will, there's a way."
His father said, "Good. But I also wanted to show you that 14 a piece of used clothing that is worth only a dollar can be increased in 15, then how about us? There is no reason for us to look down upon ourselves." From then on, Jordan felt that his future would be full of hope.
