In a village named Milan in Ohio lived the Edisons. Their red bricked house looked identical to all the other house in the neighbourhood.

However, the home if Edison family was different. Thomas Alva Edison, the youngest child of Samuel and Nancy Edison, or 'Al', as they called him, was a child other parents cautioned their children about.

Thomas was known to tinker with things, He would always speak of creating grand things that nobody really understand. Even the teachers were tired of his repeated failure in tests.

One fine day, the headmaster told his parents that ge did not foresee a bright future for the child even if he continued in school. 'He is a lost child, Mrs Edison, I am so sorry to say this. His grades are terrible. I doubt he can go far' said the...