The man came home work late again. He
felt very tired. His 5 year old son waited for him at the door. And the boy
asked.
“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
think?” 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.
Lookig 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 norsense, then
you’d better go to your room and go to the bad. 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 when to this room and shut the door.
After an hour or, the men had calmed
down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. The man
went to the door of the little boy’s and opened the door.
”Are you asleep son?”he asked.
“No, daddy, i’am awake,” replied the boy
“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was to hard on you earlier”
said the man.
“It’s been a long day and I’am very tired and say something
rude to you. Here’s that $10.00 you asked for.” The little boy sat straight up,
beming.
“Oh, thank you daddy!”he yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow, he
pulled out some more money. The man, knowing 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 alredy had some?” the
father grumbled.
“Because I did’n have enough, but now I do,” the little boy
replied.
“Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your
time?”the man couldn’t speak for a moment and finally he realized his mistakes.
He spent to much time to work. He didn’t have much time to work. He didn’t have
much time for his son. With eyes full of tears, he hugged his son and asked for
forgivenes.
