The Boy Who Changed The World by Andy Andrews September 1, 2010

The Boy Who Changed The World

Little Norman Borlaug lived in Iowa. His father was a farmer who raised corn. Norman loved to play hide and seek in the cornfields with his sisters. Norman was great at hide and seek. His father would remind him every day that they were blessed to have all this corn. There are many people who do not have enough food to eat. Right then, Norman decided to change the world.

When Norman went to school, he learned everything he could about plants. Later on, he worked for a man named Mr. Wallace. Mr. Wallace said, “I want you to make a special kind of seed. These seeds will help hungry people.”

Norman worked hard and successfully finished. Those seeds were sent everywhere. Norman fed two billion people.

Or maybe it was Henry Wallace.

The boy’s name was Henry Wallace. His father was a professor. One of his students, named George, would always take Henry for walks in the woods. George taught him about plants. Henry would always say, “George, I want this to be my mission, to feed hungry people. Will you help me?”

Henry grew up to be the Vice-President of America. Vice-President Wallace later on hired Norman to make seeds. Was it Henry who changed the world?

Or maybe it was George.

His name is George Washington Carver. George’s parents died when he was very young. Moses and Susan Carver adopted George into their family. Everyone always said he was kind-hearted. He finally changed the world.

He was a teacher and an inventor. We even use some of his inventions today. George had a teacher who had a six-year-old son named Henry Wallace. So it was George who changed the world.

Or maybe it was his father, Moses.

Moses lived on a farm with his mother and father. Everyone always said he was kind-hearted too. When Moses grew up, he and his wife, Susan, managed a farm. They were so happy. Then one night, some thieves raided the farm. They burnt down the barn and kidnapped servants. One of the people they kidnapped was a boy named George.

Moses finally found George and traded his favorite horse for him. As they walked home, Moses decided to adopt little George Washington Carver.

Do you see the chain? It’s called the butterfly effect. See, if a butterfly flaps its wings, it moves tiny pieces of air that move other tiny pieces of air, and so on. A couple minutes later, on the other side of the world, they feel a big whoosh of wind, just because a butterfly flapped its wings.

I really enjoyed the stories in this book. They made me think that everything I do matters. I would highly recommend this book to any sort of reader.

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