可怕的经济大萧条像浓雾一样笼罩着世界。迈克看着父母起早贪黑地工作,却不能维持一家人的生计,就想找一份工作替父母分忧。他得知镇上有一家商店要招一个小店员,便想去试试。当他来到商店门口时,发现这里已经站了7个和自己一样大的孩子。女店主对这些孩子说:“店里只有一个空缺,所以我只能在你们当中选一个。我们这里经常要抛单夹,就是把顾客买东西的发票 The dreaded Great Depression shrouded the world like a thick fog. Mike looked at his parents working from morning till night, but can not maintain a family’s livelihood, wanted to find a job for parents to share concerns. He learned that there is a shop in the town to recruit a clerk, they want to try. When he came to the store door, he found himself standing seven children as big as himself. The girl owner said to these children: ”There is only one vacancy in the shop, so I can only choose one of you.