Who knows the story of Edison when he was a child?

His son Samuel Edison, Al's father, runs a hotel in Wenna, a city on Lake Erie, and lives a pretty good life. There is a female teacher named Nancy in this city. She is a Canadian of Scottish descent. Because of her earnest teaching, she is highly respected by the citizens. She attracted the admiration of little Samuel, so the hotel owner began to propose to her. Later, their love grew day by day and finally reached the boiling point, and they got married on 1828. After they got married, they lived in this city for a while before moving out.

This time, they migrated again in a "prairie carriage" and settled in Milan, Ohio, USA. Samuel manages the manufacture and sale of roof tiles here, and the business is not bad. The couple live a happy life.

His house is a red brick bungalow with a top floor. The house is located at the foot of the mountain, and its appearance is simple and generous.

Nancy has had seven children since she got married. Nancy gave birth to four children before her family moved to Milan. Since then, she has given birth to three more children. Edison is the seventh and last son born to his mother. Edison was named Thomas after his ancestors. Because his father had a good personal relationship with Captain Alva Bradley, he borrowed the captain's name Alva. Edison's full name is Thomas Alva Edison. Everyone around him calls him Alva, and his mother likes to call him Al.

They lived in this simple town until Al was seven years old. But this city is unforgettable for Al.

Although he doesn't fully remember everything about the city, the pointed roof, spacious courtyard leaves and towering trees in front of his house will remain in his mind forever. When he is old, he still remembers these scenes clearly.

There are many anecdotes and legends about Al Junior in Milan. Some people say that he is a different child. First of all, the little guy almost never cries after birth, but always laughs. Gray eyes, shiny, look smart, but the head is particularly big, the body is very weak, and looks very fragile. He is often interested in some objects and then tries to catch them with his hands. His mouth and eyes will move, just like an adult thinking. He never stops what he has decided to do. As soon as he learned to walk, he didn't need any help. The child's hair is sparse and stands on end. It is not obedient at all, and it is ugly. Father cut his hair when he felt uncomfortable, which made it even uglier, and mother frowned. At the age of 3, Alva cut her hair with her fingers like an adult thinking.

Al is different. Not only that. Children are curious when they are young and like to ask questions. The difference is that "Al is more curious than ordinary children, has an instinct to put what others tell him into experiments, and has twice the energy and creative spirit of others." As far as people can remember, he learned to speak as if he were asking a question. Some of the questions he asked were not important, but they were not easy to answer. Because he asked so many questions, most people in his family didn't even want to answer them. But his mother always tries her best to help him. Once he asked his father, "Why is it windy?" Samuel Edison replied, "Al, I don't know". Al asked again, "Why don't you know?"

He is not only curious and inquisitive, but also wants to try everything himself.

Once, when it was time for dinner, Edison still didn't come back. My parents are worried and look around. It was not until the evening that I found him in the hut next to the yard. Seeing him lying motionless in the haystack with many eggs, his father asked very strangely, "What are you doing?" Little Edison replied unhurriedly, "I'm incubating chickens!" " "It turned out that he was surprised to see that hens could hatch chicks, and he always wanted to try it himself. At that time, his father pulled him up with anger and laughter and told others not to hatch chickens. On the way home, he asked doubtfully, "Why can hens hatch chicks and I can't?"? "

Because Al is interested in many things, he is often in danger. Once, he went to the house where wheat was stored and accidentally bumped into the wheat barn. Wheat can't move with his head buried. He almost died, but fortunately, he was found in time, grabbed Al's foot and pulled him out. Another time, he fell into the water and was pulled up like a drowned rat. He's scared himself. When he was 4 years old, he wanted to see what was in the wild beehive on the fence, so he stabbed it with a branch, and his face was so red and swollen that he could hardly open his eyes.

Al often goes to the mill in sam winchester. One day, he went to Winchester's mill and saw Winchester experimenting with flying devices with balloons, which fascinated Al. He thought that if a person's stomach is full of gas, he will definitely ascend to heaven. How beautiful it would be! A few days later, he put several chemicals together and told Michael Oates, one of his father's assistants, that he ate them and flew away. Oates almost fainted after eating the chemicals prepared by Al. Al seems to think that Oates' failure to fly is Oates' failure, not his failure.

This incident not only made Al's parents feel headache, but also shocked the parents of nearby children. They warned their children: "Don't play with Al!" " "

After listening to their parents' warnings, the children were afraid to stay with Al again. Even if Al invited them, they just looked at him in fear and didn't dare to go near him. Sometimes some bold children even insult Al by singing: Al, Al, strange children; Al, Al, he is a fool; We don't play with Al anymore.

Al was whipped by his father for doing these things. His father thought that only by flogging Al could he get out of trouble. His mother also thinks that if the child does something wrong and you don't whip him, he is not a good person. She didn't want this to happen to Al again. Although Al was flogged, it didn't stop him from being interested in everything.

He worked in the fields when he was six years old. Love of observation, love of thinking and love of searching for roots are the keys to his understanding of the novel world. There are big elms and red maple trees at the intersection in the middle of the village, so he went to observe how those trees grow; There are many beautiful signs in the shops along the street, and he also wants to copy them carefully and even draw them.

His strong thirst for knowledge and desire to do experiments often bring him trouble.