: Can I borrow $25? (全英)
A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.
SON: ‘Daddy, may I ask you a question?’
DAD: ‘Yeah sure, what it is?’ replied the man.
SON: ‘Daddy, how much do you make an hour?’
DAD: ‘That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?’ the man said angrily.
SON: ‘I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?’
DAD: ‘If you must know, I make $50 an hour.’
SON: ‘Oh,’ the little boy replied, with his head down.
SON: ‘Daddy, may I please borrow $25?’
The father was furious, ‘If the only reason you asked that is so youcan borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, thenyou march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about whyyou are being so selfish. I don’t work hard every day for such childishfrivolities.’
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the littleboy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00and he really didn’t ask for money very often The man went to the doorof 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 theman. ‘It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’sthe $25 you asked for.’
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. ‘Oh, thank you daddy!’ heyelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled upbills.
The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.
‘Why do you want more money if you already have some?’ the father grumbled.
‘Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,’ the little boy replied.
‘Daddy, I have $50 now… Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.’
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.
It’s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. Weshould not let time slip through our fingers without having spent sometime with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.
Do remember to share that $50, $100 or thousands of dollars worth of your time with someone you love.
