A good mother is better than a good teacher

Chapter 25 Work hard and seize every opportunity to knock on the door of opportunity (4)
At the beginning, the bookstore owner only gave Hugo a five-month deadline, and if he did not submit the manuscript on time, he would be fined.Coincidentally, Hugo moved and lost his notebook. He asked his boss to relax the time limit, and the boss agreed to give another 5 months.Hugo bought a bottle of ink and a gray woolen shirt. He took off his usual clothes and locked them in the cabinet to avoid the temptation to go out.In his words, it was "like walking into a cell".After that, I ate and slept, and never left my desk.

Creation occupied Hugo's whole body and mind. He concentrated on writing day and night without feeling tired, and finally completed this immortal work two weeks ahead of schedule.The bottle of ink he bought had just run out, and the last drop of ink finished the last line.

mother heart words
To complete a job well, you must work hard, get rid of all temptations and interference from the outside world, and go all out.This is true of literary creation, and so is other work!

A rare event in the history of music

In 1872, Johann Strauss was hired to perform in the United States.Boston specially built a building for him that could accommodate [-] listeners and [-] performers.He described the grand occasion in a letter to his friends: "In order to deal with this large group of people, they gave me a hundred commanders as assistants. I can only lead the people closest to me.... Now imagine that I am in a hundred thousand The situation in front of the American audience. I was standing in front of the music stand of the general conductor, and suddenly the sound of a cannon sounded, which was really a gentle hint. It told us two thousand performers that the concert could begin. , a hundred of my assistants followed my example as quickly and zealously as possible. At this moment began a great scene that I will never forget. . . . A hundred thousand audience roared with excitement. . . . It is not only an unforgettable page in the life of Johann Strauss, but also a rare event in the history of music.

Johann Strauss wrote 462 pieces of music in his lifetime: including polkas, waltzes, square dances, marches and other genres of music.He is known as the "King of Waltz".Although he humbly admits: "My little achievement is only to expand the form inherited from my predecessors." However, his moving waltzes sound like a surprisingly loud sound in the hazy sky of Europe. Lei, like hearing the footsteps of spring on the emerald embankment of the Danube, makes people forget the sorrows of life and be full of joy and hope for the future.

Johann Strauss, who is loved by the people and has won high honors, still maintains the habit passed down from his father in his late 70s: every morning, he thinks hard about writing operas and music; he often goes to the theater to watch A performance of his own opera.

One day, he was invited to a banquet with his gray-haired wife, Jetty Dreyfuss, who would rather sacrifice herself for music and dedicate everything to her husband.Met the King of Austria at a banquet.Pointing to the band playing Johann Strauss waltz and the dancing companions around, the king praised and sighed: "You are the happiest person. I can only command my army, while Austria The people are intoxicated under your baton." But Johann Strauss replied seriously: "Although apples are sweet, who knows that there are many bitter cores in their hearts?" He and his wife looked at each other and smiled slightly. leave quietly.

mother heart words
The life of an artist lies not only in his life itself, but also in the vitality of the works of art created by his hard work.

Crying Dumas

Alexandre Dumas is a famous French writer who has created many immortal masterpieces in his life.Among them, the creation of many novels is very interesting.

One day, a friend of Alexandre Dumas came to visit him and saw him sitting alone at the desk, stroking the manuscript paper with both hands, sobbing in a low voice.The friend sat on the sofa beside him and waited, but after waiting for a long time, his mood did not improve, so he decided to persuade his friend.He patted Alexandre Dumas on the shoulder and asked with concern: "Honey, what happened to make you so sad?"

Dumas looked back and saw that it was a friend who had come, so he told the whole story.It turned out that Alexandre Dumas was creating "The Three Musketeers". In the end, due to the development of the storyline, one of the musketeers had to die.But Alexandre Dumas liked this character very much and wanted to try to change the fate of this character, but he couldn't.When he thought that his favorite hero would be killed by his pen, and there was nothing he could do about it, he couldn't help being extremely sad and shed tears.

After hearing his story, his friend smiled and said to Alexandre Dumas: "My friend, do you know how long I have been here..."

At this time, a servant of Alexandre Dumas happened to pass by the door. He also laughed when he heard this, and said: "Sir, you have only been here for 45 minutes, but the master has been crying for several hours!"

mother heart words
It seems that writing sometimes needs to touch some true feelings, because only when you touch yourself first can you touch others.

hardworking little hero
In Chang'an County, Shaanxi Province, there is an ancient river - the Feng River. In October 1982, a little hero in the style of Liu Wenwen appeared on the bank of the Feng River-buy runner-up.He gave his precious life to defend the lives and properties of the people.Mai Yajun is a very industrious child who helps his father with work whenever he is free.But at the beginning he was not willing to do everything.

One Sunday morning, my father said to the runner-up: "Junjun, after dinner, go with Dad to carry the dung!" The runner-up frowned when he heard that he was going to carry the dung again.What kind of life is this?Dirty and smelly, he didn't want to do it in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out of his mouth.Suddenly, he frowned, thinking about it.He said to his father: "The exam is coming soon, the teacher has to make up lessons today, I have to go to school!" Dad nodded: "Then you go quickly! I will choose alone!"

The runner-up came to the school with a schoolbag on his back, and passed by the student toilet. Suddenly there was a sound inside, who is it?Could it be that he hid in school because he was afraid of doing dirty and heavy work?The runner-up walked into the toilet and saw it, and was stunned, ah!It's Teacher Xue.I saw that he was sweating profusely, picking up the bricks that fell into the cesspit with his head.

"Teacher Xue." Mai Yajun called softly.Teacher Xue raised his head and saw that he was buying a runner-up, so he asked, "Yujun, what are you doing at school on Sunday?"

"I..." Mai Yajun didn't know what to say.

Buying the second runner-up only stood there for a while before he felt nauseous, his stomach was writhing, and he wanted to vomit, but Teacher Xue was not afraid of getting dirty at all.The bricks that fell into the cesspit were smooth and slippery, and they couldn't be picked up with a shovel, so Teacher Xue got down on his knees and picked them up with his hands, with beads of sweat dripping down his head.

Buying the second runner-up saw this, picked up the head without saying a word, and started working with Mr. Xue.Mai Yajun and Teacher Xue worked for more than 3 hours before cleaning the toilet.He washed his hands and feet in the ditch, picked up his schoolbag and went home.

Back home, Mai Yajun told Mr. Xue about cleaning the toilet, and mustered up the courage to tell his father about cheating in the morning.Dad patted the second runner-up on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Good boy, there is no dung and dirt, so there is no good food. You can learn from Mr. Xue in the future. Let's help the team manage the thin manure well, accumulate more manure, and collect more grain. Everyone's life will be more beautiful!"

After lunch, the father carried the dung bucket, and the second runner-up followed closely with the dung scoop. The father and son happily walked out of the house to carry the dung for the brigade.

Since then, no matter how dirty or tiring the job is, as long as he can do it, he will always rush to do it. Everyone praises him as a good boy who loves to work.

mother heart words
Sowing labor may be accompanied by dirty garbage and disgusting waste, but labor is still beautiful, because what is left to the world after labor is clean and tidy, harvest and happiness.

Pele
Pele was born in a poor family in Brazil.In Brazil, playing soccer is everyone's favorite sport.Under the influence of his father, Bailey liked to play football since he was a child.He often played football with the children of the neighbors. They had no money to buy footballs, so they found a way to tie rags into balls and play them with great relish.

A football coach helped them organize a small football club and taught them more formal ways of playing football.In participating in a city-wide competition, their team won the city's youth football championship.Because Pele scored the most goals, he received a bonus of 36 Cruzeiros (Brazilian currency).When Bailey excitedly handed over the prize money he won for the first time in his life to his mother, the mother said to him happily: "My child, your hard work has finally been in vain. However, the honor you have won is inseparable from everyone. You We need to distribute the money to our friends."

Bailey's outstanding skills have a lot to do with his father.His father taught Pele how to play football, taught him to shoot with both feet left and right, and taught him to head the ball.

After becoming famous, Bailey is still working hard. People often ask him: "Which is the most exciting goal you have scored?" Bailey always said without thinking: "The next ball."

mother heart words
"Higher", "faster" and "stronger" imply human's unremitting pursuit of sports, and the most exciting thing is always the next ball.

(End of this chapter)