Speaker A
I was so passionate about studying that every day at school made me incredibly happy. But one day, my teacher called me and said that if I didn't pay my school fees, I would be expelled. My father hadn't been able to pay my fees for three months because our family was extremely poor. We didn't even have enough money for food. Eventually, I had no choice but to leave school. But even after leaving school, I remained fascinated by learning, understanding, and building things. I started working on a broken radio. One day, I made a fan from an old cupboard and connected its wires to the radio. Then I asked a boy to open the door. As soon as the door opened, a strong gust of wind came in and made my homemade fan spin rapidly. Everyone couldn't believe that something like this could happen with a broken radio. But after a while, the radio suddenly started working and everyone celebrated. That was when I realized that I thought differently from everyone else. But I didn't want to stop there. I wanted to do something bigger. My village had been suffering from drought for years. The water had turned red and the crops were drying up. One day, I took my radio to my father and connected its wires. After a while, the radio started working again. I told my father, "Father, this is a small fan motor. When it gets a little energy, it can power a radio. I want to build a bigger motor like this that can generate enough energy to run the radio." My father didn't understand what I meant. So I asked him for his bicycle. I said I would cut the bicycle apart to build a large fan motor and use it to generate energy and pump water into the fields. As soon as I mentioned the bicycle, my father started beating me. Angrily, he said that after leaving school, this was all I was going to do. I felt terrible. In his anger, he even destroyed the motor I had built. But I didn't give up. I kept asking my father for his bicycle. However, because of our poverty, he was helpless, too. Then one day, my father came to me himself and said he was ready to give me his bicycle. I was overjoyed. I told him, "Father, just trust me once. I promise I won't let you down. I can do something different." My words made him believe in me and he gave me the bicycle. I immediately cut it apart and started building a motor. Soon, I finished the motor. Then I placed a pipe into the well and connected it to the motor. After that, my father and some villagers built a tower-like structure. They placed a large fan on top and connected the bicycle to it. I connected the wires to the motor and released the rope holding the fan. The fan began to spin. Everyone there watched with hope, waiting to see what would happen. I waited for that moment with all my passion. Then one day, while everyone was working in the fields, my motor suddenly started running. Everyone's eyes turned toward it. A short while later, a little water began coming out of the pipe. Then slowly, the flow of water grew stronger. The entire village erupted in celebration. For the first time, my father hugged me. That day, I had achieved what I had imagined. Now we could bring water to our dry fields. My father looked at me with pride and within a few days, our crops began growing again. That day, I proved that knowledge is a person's greatest strength. If you have the desire to think and learn, one person can use their intelligence to change the entire world.
