If the baby giraffe doesn’t

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　　, the violent process is repeated over and over again．The

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　　to rise is very important．As the baby calf grows

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　　, the mother kicks it again to stimulate（激励） its efforts．Finally, the calf stands for the first time on its

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　　legs．

　　Then mother giraffe does the most remarkable thing．She kicks it off its feet again．

　　? She wants it to remember how it got up．In the wild, baby giraffes must be able to get up as

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　　as possible to stay with the herd（鹿群）, where there is

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　　．Wild animals and hunting dogs all

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　　young giraffes, and calves would be punished if the mother didn’t

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　　her calf to be watchful and get up quickly．

　　Irving Stone

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　　this．He spent a lifetime studying

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　　, writing novelized biographies of such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, and Charles Darwin．

　　Stone was once asked if he had found a

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　　that runs through the lives of all these exceptional people．He said, “They are

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　　over the head, knocked down, and for years they still get

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