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    A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don't have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I'm sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don't have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn't living cannot have the job.”
    The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers in the US.
 One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven't got one.” His friend couldn't believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?”The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!”

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      新春佳节之际,妈妈买来了一幅画。我粗粗一看,这幅画并没有什么特别吸引人的地方。我心想:书店里有那么多色彩鲜艳的年画,妈妈为什么要买这幅呢?我一边琢磨,一边细细欣赏起来。

      这是一幅国画,画的背景是巍峨挺拔的高山,被淡淡的烟云笼罩着,使群山若隐若现,令人格外神往。山坡下横插过来一株苍劲的松树,松树下是一对飞奔的骏马。奔在前头的是一匹枣红马,它浑身火红,仰天长嘶,红色的鬃毛高高飘起,全身的肌肉结实得像拳击场上的运动员,一块一块地凸出来,显得十分健美有力。枣红马腾空而起,柔软而漂亮的马尾巴甩得很起劲。紧挨着枣红马旁边是一匹白马,从头到尾一片洁白。连一根杂毛也没有,像一团白云轻轻飘来,显得那么洒脱矫健,分明是一匹千里马。

       我越看越着迷,似乎听到了它们“得得”的马蹄声,看到了他们身后卷起的阵阵尘土,仿佛看见它们自由自在地飞驰在广阔的原野上。

这时,我猛然想起刚才的疑问,便跑去问妈妈。妈妈神秘地笑了,反问我:“你属什么呀?”我恍然大悟,抢着说:“知道了,知道了,我属马,这年画上的马象征着我。您希望我努力学习,不怕挫折,永远向前飞奔,对吗?”妈妈满意地点点头。

         啊!马儿,你知道这是妈妈对我殷切的期望,我决心要让它变成现实。