Spend a little time
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 do you
make an hour?" "that's none of your business. Why do
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, with his head
down. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow $10?"
the father was furious, "if the only reason you asked that
is so you can borrow some money 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 are being so selfish. I work long hard
hours everyday and don't have time for such this childish
behavior. " The little boy quietly went to his room and shut
the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about
the little boy'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 he may have been a little hard on his
son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that
$10 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 out my aggravation on you. Here's the $10 you asked
for. "The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "oh,
thank you daddy!" he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow
he pulled out some 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 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 $20 now. Can I
buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I
would like to have dinner with you?