A man came Back 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 an
hour." "Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he
said, "Daddy, may I borrow $9 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
selfish games."
The little boy went quietly in his room and shut the door. The man
sat down and started to get even more mad about the little boy's
questioning. How dare he ask such questions only to get 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 do with that $9 and he really didn't
ask for money very often. The man went to the door of his son'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 $9 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 boy
slowly counted his money, then looked up at his father.
"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 dollars now. Can I buy an hour of
your time?"
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