Pao Chang, a young boy from Mongolia, one of 7 childen born in to poverty. Pao's father was heroically killed in times of war and left a mother alone to raise the children. She tried the best she could by working in the rice fields for long hours but could not afford to feed or clothe her children. At 14 his older brother and sister were forced to work rather than attend school.
Pao was a curious boy who always loved to read. It took him to places he could only dream of. He would go to the trash yards and search through piles of garabage to find anything that he could read. One day Pao found a book on history he took it everywhere he went and read it whenever he could. When he was reading his book outside of a local restaurant, a teacher named Mr. Anderson, and American teacher from Florida walked by and noticed the shoeless little boy reading his book. He sat down next to Pao and asked him what he was reading. Pao said "a book about history, my anciestors, and war." Mr. Anderson continued to see Pao day after day and talked for many hours and came to find that Pao did not attend school. Mr. Anderson asked Pao one day if he would like to learn more about the world and offered to teach him a few hours a day after school.
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Anderson spent many hours after school together for weeks. He began to teach Pao more than just history, he taught him math, science, and even English. Pao took a real interest in the wars, he soon explained to Mr. Anderson that his father had died in the war. Pao loved learning new things and spending time with Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson told Pao that no matter what the situation is he could do whatever he dreamed of. Mr. Anderson started to become a father figure to Pao, since he had no children of his own he treated Pao like a son. They started spending more and more time together outside of just learning. This went on