A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to
find his 5 year 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 $9.00 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 & 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. May be there was something he
really needed to buy with that $9.00 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
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 $9.00 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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