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When Willie was sixteern, Me #@3 pout a carmera With
its own microscope. "1 WiSh 1 RaG 3 CaITA Hiike thatl
Would you help me buy it?” he asked his parents. “Wasting
time on snow is foolish,” his father said. The carnera cost
as much as his father's herd of ten COWS. Still, he loved ,
his son. When Willie Was seventeeu his parents Spent
| | their savings and bought the camera for him.
It was really difficult to take good pictures. In those
days nobody knew howW to photograph snowflakes clearly,
| Willie tried to take photos even during StOrTmS. Winter 』
ended, the snow melted, and he had no good pictures. 陸
waited for another seasorl Of smoW.
The following winter, after many trials, he succeeded.
The images were sharp and clear. Willie Was really hapDY
