hated farm work and tried his best to avoid it.It was not that he was lazy.Far from it.Give him a mechanical job to do，from mending the gate to sharpening tools，and he would set to work eagerly.

　　[2]Henry was excited by the possibilities that one day the development in technology could free farmers like his father from wasteful and boring toil.When he was twelve he became fascinated with clocks and watches.Soon he was able to repair clocks and watches for friends. [3]In 1876，Henry suffered a huge hit.His mother Mary died in childbirth.There was now no reason for him to stay on the farm，and he decided to get away as soon as he could.Three years later，he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit.By this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry’s fascination.

　　[4]According to an account given by Henry himself，he first saw a steam­driven road locomotive (火车头) one day in 1877 when he and his father，in their farm wagon (马车)，met one on the road.The locomotive driver stopped to let the wagon pass，and Henry jumped down and went to him with a lot of technical questions about the engine’s performance.From then on，for a while，Henry became fascinated with steam engines.Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen.

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