Louis Braille
讀書樂編號：5315
推介人： 鍾潔怡校友
All the things were wonderful before, until one’s accident, they changed. In a little town, there was a boy called Louis Braille. His father was a harness maker. Louis loved to watch his father work. He was only three years old but he already knew what he wanted to be when he grew up. He wanted to be a harness maker, just like his father. Louis promised his father he wouldn’t touch the tools, because it was sharp and dangerous. But sometimes, promises are hard to keep. Louis picked up an awl and played with it. Unluckily, it seemed to jump through the air and plunged right into Louis’s eye. After this he becme blind. Poor Louis, his life had been turned topsy-turvy. As he couldn’t see anything, he made many mistakes. Although he couldn’t accept his blindness/handicap, he never gave up. He made up his mind to invent some easy ways for all blind people to read and write. It took Louis three years to work out his alphabet of raised dots. With this alphabet, blind people could read as fast as other people. After he died, his name became known around the world because his invention helped many blind people. Author: Margaret Davidson Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
