Henry was a kind, good boy. His father was dead, and his mother was very poor. He had a little sister about two years old. He wanted to 1his mother, for she could not always make enough money to buy food for her little 2.
One day, a man gave him a dollar for3 a wallet which he had lost. Henry might have kept all the money, for no one saw him when he found it. 4his mother had taught him to be honest, and never keep what did not belong to him.
With the dollar he bought a box, three brushes and some blacking. He5went to the corner of the street and said to every one whose boots(靴子) did not look nice, “6 your boots, sir, please?” He was so polite that gentleman soon began to notice him, and to let him black their boots. The first day he brought home fifty cents, which he gave to his mother to buy food with.
When he gave her the money, she said, as she dropped a tear(泪水) of 7, “You are a dear, good boy, Henry. I did not know how I could make enough money to buy bread with, but now I think we can manage to 8 quite well. ”
Henry worked all the day, and went to school in the evening. He made almost enough money to support his mother and his little sister.
