Edison Qiao

Edison's nickname Tom, his neighbor, Jamie, often has a bull's-eye when he is pinning. Little Tom taught Jamie "telegraph". Later, when the teacher called Jamie to answer the pinyin, Little Tom tapped the table with a pencil and made long and short sounds, so Jamie’s answer was no mistake.

The teacher did not realize the mystery.

Once, Little Tom used the "telegraph" to save a train.

That day, Little Tom’s father and sister Lisa went to the relatives to go home, and the train scheduled to go home at 5 pm. By 2 pm, the wind whistling and the snow was flying. Little Tom said to his mother: "With such a big snow, will the road and bridge be destroyed? I will observe and observe."

He braved the extraordinarily strong snow and went to the outskirts of the bridge, oh! The bridge was broken. At this time, the time has passed at 4:30, and it is too late to report back to the station. At that time, the phone had not been invented, and the little Tom was eager to turn around the bridge.

He looked up and saw a small factory not far from the bridge. He suddenly took a chance to go to the factory and explained the reason to the factory manager. He borrowed the factory's whistle for him.

Little Tom rang the whistle, and the crisp long and short sounds were like a telegraph. If you know the telegram language, you will hear something like this: "Lisa, Lisa, I am Tom, I am Tom, the iron bridge in front is broken, the front iron bridge is broken, please ask the train conductor to stop, please train. Long parking."

The whistle repeatedly spread such a "telegram."

But said that Tom's sister Lisa usually plays telegraph games with her brother, so she is familiar with telegraph sending and receiving. At this time she was sitting in the train and suddenly heard the contents of the telegram in the whistle, and it sounded faint.

After listening to the shock, I was busy translating this "telegram" to my father. The father and the daughter hurriedly found the train conductor. The train conductor raised his ears and listened. Although he did not understand the telegram language, it was related to the safety of the entire train crew and immediately ordered a sudden brake. When the car is completely stopped, it is less than 100 meters away from the broken bridge.

A car accident was avoided, and the name of Little Tom has since become a household name in the United States.