父亲下班回家已经很晚了，身体疲倦、心情也不太好。这时，他发现5岁的儿子正靠在门边等他。
“我可以问你一个问题吗？”儿子问。
“什么问题？”父亲有些不耐烦。
“爸，你1小时能挣多少钱？”
“这与你无关。为什么要问这样的问题？”父亲生气地说。
“我只是想知道。”儿子望着父亲，恳求道：“请告诉我，你1小时挣多少钱？”
“假如你一定要知道的话，那我就告诉你吧。我1小时挣20美元。”父亲有点按捺不住了。
“喔。”儿子沮丧地低下头。过了一会儿，他又抬起头，犹犹豫豫地说：“爸——，可以借给我10美元吗？”
父亲终于发怒了：“如果问这种问题就是想要向我借钱去买毫无意义的玩具，那你还是回房间去，躺到床上好好想想为什么你会那么自私。我每天长时间辛苦工作，现在需要休息，没时间和你玩小孩子的游戏。”
儿子一声不吭地走回自己的房间，轻轻关上了门。
儿子走后，父亲还在生气。过了一阵儿，他渐渐平静下来。想到自己刚才有些粗暴，他走进孩子的房间，轻声问：“你睡了吗？”
“爸，还没呢。我还醒着。”儿子回答道。
“爸爸今天心情不太好，所以刚才可能对你太凶了，”父亲说，“——这是你要的10美元。”“爸，谢谢你。”儿子欣喜地接过钱，然后又从枕头下拿出一些皱皱的钞票，仔细地数起来。
“你已经有钱了为什么还要？”父亲又开始生气了。
“因为只有那些还不够，不过现在足够了。”儿子回答道。然后他将数好的钱全部放在父亲手里，认真地说：“爸，我现在有20美元了，我可以向你买一个小时的时间吗？明天请早一点回家，我想和你一起吃晚餐。”
A man came home from work late tired and irritated to find his5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
Daddy, may I ask you a question?
Yes, sure, what is it? Replied the man.
Daddy, how much do you make an hour?
That’s none of you 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? Pleeaded The little boy.
If you must know, I make 20 dollars an hour.
“Oh”, the little boy replied with head down. Looking up he said: daddy, may I please borrow 10 dollars.
The father was furious. If you only reason you asked that 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 being so selfish. I work hard every day for such childish behavior.
The little boy quitely went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare you ask such a question only to get some money. After about an hour or so, the man has calmed down and started to think. Maybe there’s something he really needed to buy with that 10 dollars, and he really didn’t ask for money very often.
The man went to the door the little boy’s room and opened the door.
Are you sleep, son? He asked.
No, daddy, I’m awake. Replied the boy.
I have been thinking may be I was too hard on you earlier. Say the man. It’s been a long day, and I took out my aggravation on you, here is the 10 dollars 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 crumble up bills. The man seeing the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
The little boy slowly counts about his money then look up at his father.
Why do you want more money if you already had some. The father grumbled.
Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do. For little boy reply.
Daddy, I have 20 dollars now, can I borrow an hour your time, please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.
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