Thomas Alva Edison was the seventh child of Samuel and Nancy Edison He was born on a winter day in 1847 Everyone called Thomas Little Al How's my little Al his dad would ask In time his father would answer that question with curious and smart These words would describe Thomas Edison for the rest of his life
child As a man Edison became a great inventor and businessman His success grew from the curiosity smarts and wonder he showed as a
When Thomas Edison was very young his parents took him to his sister's farm Little Thomas wandered off to play When he failed to come back his sister and her husband grew worried They found Thomas in the barn sitting happily on the goose's nest
I I saw baby chickens come out of eggs the old hen was sitting on Thomas said So I thought I could make little gooses come out of the goose eggs if I sat on them If the hens and geese can do it why can't
