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Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal--to fly--Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true. But when her contraption doesn't fly but rather hovers for a moment and then crashes, Rosie deems the invention a failure. On the contrary, Aunt Rose insists that Rosie's contraption was a raging success. You can only truly fail, she explains, if you quit.

那些被别人当成垃圾丢弃的东西，在罗西看来都是宝贝。每到晚上，她就在阁楼上捣鼓自己喜爱的小发明。她做出了氦气裤、热狗机，还专门为叔叔发明了一顶奶酪帽。可收到礼物的叔叔却不以为然，这让害羞的罗西没了自信，更把梦想藏在了心底。
有一天，当听到太姨奶奶说起自己的梦想时，罗西有点坐不住了。她多想做一架飞行器，让太姨奶奶飞起来。可是，想到之前的经历，她又退缩了。她还有勇气再次开始吗？她的试验能成功吗？孩子眼中有趣的事情有时会得不到大人的理解，而这可能正是孩子的天赋和潜能所在。故事中这位积极、开朗，对梦想充满热忱的太姨奶奶给了罗西极大的肯定和鼓励，帮助她克服怯懦，勇敢坚定地去做自己真正热爱的事情。孩子们会从中获得自信，并明白坚持的意义。