>From: "JamiatKZN" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "JamiatKZN" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: $20 an Hour
>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:59:59 +0200
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>$20 an Hour
>
>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?"
>"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 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
>childish behaviour."
>
>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. May be 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 your earlier," said the man.
>
>"It's been a long day, and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's that
>$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."
>
>Share this story with someone you like . but even better, share $20 worth
>of
>time with someone you love. It's just a short reminder to all of you
>working
>so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without
>having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to
>our hearts.
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