Thomas Edison was born in 1847. When he was 1 child, he liked to 2 how things worked. One day when he was five, his father saw him 3 on some eggs, and asked him what he was doing that for. Tom didn’t 4 . Instead, he asked his father why he was not able to hatch (孵) 5 while hers could . Young Tom was 6 for only three months , During the three months, he asked 7 questions. Most of them 8 nothing to do with his lessons. His teacher did not understand 9 the boy had so many strange questions. He told Tom’s mother that Tom was not clever and was not worth teaching. His mother took him out of school and taught 10 by herself. The boy read a lot. He because very interested in science.