Jack wanted to be a pilot who could drive an A380 when he grew up. He thought that he should be a pilot because he thought he could earn a lot of money and he was good at controlling mechanical things. He also thought that being a pilot would be comfortable and he would have much time to play.
His parents said no to his dream because they said it was extremely expensive to go to pilot school and only very famous pilots had high salaries. If Jack were not famous, he would waste the money that they had paid to get him into school. He would have a "cheap" salary: not even one dollar a month! They wanted him to be a businessman.Jack's parents took away all of Jack's books about piloting and airplanes, his airplane models and toys. They also forced him to read business books and watch business movies on television. They would ask him questions about business, and if he couldn't answer them, they would hit him.
Jack didn't think being a businessman would be interesting or fun. He was never concentrating on the books and TV. He didn't give up his dream of being a pilot and went secretly to the library and read books there. Sometimes he was caught in the library when his parents were borrowing books about business. Then they would force him to read two books instead of one book about business.
Finally, he went to the pilot school after his parents died and learned how to be a pilot. At first, when he first drove an airplane, he was not good at driving it. But when he drove it more and more, he got better and always landed earlier than the estimated time. So, he got the fastest pilot award! He thought, "If my parents knew that I am so famous now and have a high salary, they would be proud of me..."
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