20 Dollars
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 in 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
money do you make in an hour?" pleaded the little boy. "If you must
know, I make $20.00 an hour." "Oh," the little boy replied,
head bowed down." Looking up, he asked,
"Daddy, may I borrow $10.00, please?" The father was furious.
"If the only reason you want to know how much money I make just so
you can borrow some money to buy some 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 I 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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