When I was old enough my mother would take me to work with her. There was one day, when I was about nine or ten, that I will never forget. While at work with my mother, I when into the playhouse of the Wilson children where they were studying. They had pencils, books, magazines and slates. I picked up a book and one of the girls said to me: "You can't read that-put that down. I will show you some pictures."

When she said to me, "You can't read that-put that down," it did something to my pride. I did what she said and went to look at the pictures. But I left there determined in my heart that one day I would be able to read just as good as she could.