A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated,
to find his 5 years old son waiting for him at the door.
"Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
"Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man.
"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?"
"That's none of your business! What makes you ask such
a thing?" the man said angrily.
"I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you
make an hour?" pleaded the little boy.
"If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour."
"Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up,
he said,
"Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 please?"
The father was furious. "If the only reason you wanted
to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly
toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room
and go to bed. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard
hours everyday and don't have time for such childish games."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the
door. The man sat down and started to get even madder about the little
boy's questioning.
How dare he ask such questions only to get some money.
After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may
have been a little hard on his son. Maybe there was something he really
needed to buy with that $10.00 and he really didn't ask for money very
often.
The man went to the door of the little boy's room and
opened the door.
"Are you asleep son?" he asked. "No daddy, I'm awake,"
replied the boy.
"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,"
said the man.
"It's been a long day and I took my aggravation out on
you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, beaming. "Oh, thank you
daddy!" he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some
more crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money,
started to get angry again.
The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked
up at the man.
"Why did you want more money if you already had some?"
the father grumbled.
"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little
boy replied.
"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your
time?"
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