0:02 A long time ago, there was a boy named
0:05 George. George lived in a small village
0:08 far away from the city. He had no shoes.
0:11 He had no new clothes. His shirt was
0:14 torn and his trousers had holes. But
0:16 George had something strong inside. He
0:19 had a dream. Every day, George walked
0:22 five long kilometers to go to school.
0:25 His feet hurt. The road was full of dust
0:28 and stones. But he walked every single
0:31 day. George wanted to be an inventor. He
0:32 wanted to build something that could
0:35 help people. He wanted to build a lamp.
0:37 His mother sold sweet potatoes in the
0:39 market and their house was always dark
0:41 at night. George wanted to make a lamp
0:44 for her, a lamp from the sun. He started
0:48 to collect wires, broken radios, and old
0:50 batteries from the trash. He would sit
0:52 outside at night trying to build a solar
0:55 lamp, but his first lamp did not work.
0:58 The battery smoked. It burned the paper
1:00 on the table. He tried again. The second
1:03 one could not charge. He tried again.
1:05 The third one broke into pieces the
1:08 morning of the school science contest.
1:10 The children in school laughed at him.
1:12 You should sell sweet potatoes like your
1:14 mother, one boy said. You will never
1:17 make anything, said another. George felt
1:20 sad. He wanted to cry, but he did not
1:23 stop. He did not run away. At night,
1:25 George went to the butcher and asked for
1:28 old newspapers. He read stories about
1:30 great inventors. He wrote notes in an
1:33 old book. He walked to an old man in the
1:36 village. The old man was an electrician.
1:39 George asked questions. The man said,
1:41 "You want to learn, don't you?" George
1:44 nodded. "Yes, I want to help my mother."
1:47 The old man smiled. "Then don't stop."
1:49 George kept building. He used scrap
1:52 parts and metal from broken fans. He ate
1:55 little food, but he worked hard. His
1:57 hands were always dirty. His eyes were
2:00 tired, but his heart was full of fire.
2:03 Then one day, something changed. The
2:05 school headteer came into the class and
2:09 said, "Children, listen. A rich merchant
2:11 is coming to our school next week. His
2:14 company is giving a big prize. They want
2:16 to find young inventors." The class
2:19 became loud. Everyone started talking. A
2:23 rich man, one girl asked. Yes, said the
2:26 teacher. And he will pick the best idea.
2:28 The merchant came. He had cameras. He
2:31 wore a gold watch. He spoke to the head
2:33 teacher and said, "We are looking for
2:35 talent. We want to help one smart
2:38 child." George said nothing. He sat at
2:41 the back. Then Maya, his friend, came to
2:43 him. She looked at him with a soft
2:46 smile. "Try again, George," she said.
2:49 This is your time. George looked down at
2:52 his hands. They were full of small cuts.
2:54 His nails were dirty, but he knew he
2:57 must try. That night, George worked
3:00 again. He took all the broken wires, the
3:02 old glass, the battery that never
3:05 worked. He read the papers. He fixed the
3:08 wires. He tested it. He waited. The
3:11 small lamp stayed on for 1 hour, then
3:14 two, then four. It worked. He went to
3:16 school with his model in a box. The
3:18 merchant stood with the camera and
3:21 judges. One child showed a drawing.
3:23 Another showed a toy car. Then George
3:26 stood up. His hands shook. "This is my
3:29 solar lamp," he said. He turned it on.
3:32 "It worked." The room lit up. The judges
3:33 looked at each other. The merchant
3:35 walked to him. "Where did you get the
3:38 parts?" the man asked. George said,
3:41 "From the garbage." The merchant was
3:44 quiet. Then he smiled. This This is what
3:46 we are looking for. George won the
3:49 prize. A big newspaper wrote about him.
3:52 A poor boy who built a light from trash.
3:54 The merchants company gave him a
3:56 scholarship to go to a big school. And
3:59 best of all, George's small solar lamp
4:01 was now used in many homes in the
4:04 village. Children could read at night.
4:06 Old mothers could cook in light. And
4:09 George, he kept building. In our lives,
4:12 you will see that many people fall once
4:15 or twice or even three times. They try
4:17 something and fail. People laugh at
4:20 them. People tell them to stop. But the
4:22 winners in life are not the people who
4:24 never fall. The winners are the people
4:26 who get up every time they fall. Maybe
4:28 you have started something and it did
4:30 not work. Maybe people around you said
4:33 you are not good enough. Maybe life
4:35 became hard. But if you still believe
4:38 deep in your heart and you still try
4:40 again, you are stronger than you think.
4:43 You don't need big things to start. You
4:45 don't need money. You just need to keep
4:48 going. Keep learning. Keep building one
4:50 step at a time. No matter how many times
4:53 you fall, get up. Wipe your tears. Fix
4:56 what is broken. Start again. Because in
4:59 life, the most powerful words are, "I
5:01 will not give up." And if you don't give
5:04 up, one day someone will say this is
5:07 what we are looking for. Keep going.
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