A touchy Story

**sheem** · 29-11-2010, 07:39 PM

A man came home 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 $20.00 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 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 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 $10.0! 0 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, rea ching 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?"

Share these stories with someone you like..........but even better, share

$20.00 worth of time with someone you love...........just a short reminder

to all of us working so hard for our living. However, let us not let time

slip through our fingers without having spent some quality time with those

who really matter to us.