Saturday, January 20

If this boy was you child what would you do?

What would you do if your child asked you this?
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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 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 want 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. May be 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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6 comments:

Zahra said...

As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatuAllah,

Awwww this is soooo cute! MashaAllah! :) If he was my child, I would prolly give him a big hug and take him to the ice cream shop and let him buy whatever he wanted :D and of course, try to make him a great Muslim.

thanks for sharing! :)

Reem said...

I do not think it is true...

Sarah said...

Love the story! so cute!

Anonymous said...

Me again. You probably know who i am by now so im not gonna bother explaining. I dont understand what the boy meant by " Can i buy an hour of your time?" Can you please explain this to me? Thanks

Reem said...

ok... it means that,,, hmm: his father gets 20 dollars a hour so the boy would give his dad the 20 dollars he got and he wanted to work 1 hour from his time... so he wanted to buy (give the money to his father and work) 1 hour from his dads time, if you still do not understand tell me.... and anyways what you don't underestand is the MAIN this of the story

Aalia said...

I already read this story some where.