When Stephen Hope was on the way, struggling whether he should go back or not, he saw a boy, who later gave him confidence to go ahead. The place Stephen arrived was called, Asmati. It was not a popular place to live since it was quite far away from the City Centre. People there mainly earned their money via selling to the local people or transporting their goods to the Centre.The boy, Stephen Hope saw, was just around 10-12 years old. He was sitting on the Market, selling used books to the local people. Stephen was curious that how come a boy at that age could earn money from selling books like that. He went to the boy and asked,' What are you doing here? You think that you can earn a living from that?' The boy replied,' Of course, these books are used books and most of them are given by my parents' friends. Since I am a little boy, people in this town are willing to give their books to me free. Therefore, even I sell only one book a day. My return is still high. Everyday, I am DETERMINED to sell a few books in order to support my family. If I can't sell any, my belly will suffer. I LOVE my family and I want them to live better. That's why I am using every minutes to sell them...'
Stephen was so surprised to hear and to see that a little boy can have such high DETERMINATION. That's let him think...
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