It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's36heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was37him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road,38several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch(沟渠) filled with water.
Luckily, both the mother and son were39seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but40 . As water came through broken windows in the car, he41unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the42window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the43to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to44her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon45.
His mother later recalled her experience of the46. Being unable to move or even47to offer instructions ( 指导) or encouragement to her son, she was48by her little son's action. She recalled49her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”
It seemed50that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favourite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that51, when everyone else had52hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had53and took action. Obviously this book had left a54impression before the accident that rainy55and motivated ( 激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.
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