He was a young man , could have become a professional athlete . when he got married , he needed to earn some money in a hurry so he got a job as a plasterer . then suddenly he was struck down with polio and all his plans had to be put aside 听听他的故事，你不知道的，他年轻时本可成为专业运动员，但因急于赚钱结婚，他当起了泥水匠，后来患上了小儿麻痹症，所有计划都要搁置。
I fancy d i could make all but the wheel , but that i had no notion of , neither did i know how to go about it ; besides i had no possible way to make the iron gudgeons for the spindle or axis of the wheel to run in , so i gave it over , and so for carrying away the earth which i dug out of the cave , i made me a thing like a hodd , which the labourers carry morter in , when they serve the bricklayers 可做轮子却不那么容易，我简直不知从何处着手。此外，我也无法做一个铁的轮子轴心，使轮子能转动。因此，我决定放弃做轮子的念头，而做一个灰斗似的东西-就是小工替泥水匠运泥灰用的灰斗，这样就可把石洞里挖出来的泥土运出来。
