A man came home from work late, 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 $10.00 please?"
The father was furious.
"If the only
reason you want 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.
May be 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?"=D
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