A man came home from work late, tired and 一位爸爸下班回到家很晚了,很累并有点烦, irritated, to find his 5-yearold son 发现他五岁的儿子靠在门旁等他. waiting for him at the door. daddy, may I ask you a question?" 爸,我可以问你一个问题吗?" yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man. 当然可以,什麽问题?" 父亲回答 daddy, how much do you make an hour?" 爸,你一小时可以赚多少钱?" that's none of your business. why do you 这与你无关,你为什麽问这个问题?" ask such a thing?"the man said angrily. 父亲生气的说着 I just want to know. please tell me, how 我只是想要知道, 请告诉我, 你一小时 much do you make an hour?"pleaded the 赚多少钱?" 小孩哀求着 little boy. if you must know, I make $20 an hour." 假如你一定要知道的话, 我一小时赚20块美金 oh," the little boy replied, with his head "喔" 小孩低着头这样回答着. 小孩说 down. looking up, he said,daddy, may I 爹地, 可以借我10块美金吗?" please borrow $10?" the father was furious,"if the only reason 父亲发怒了. "如果你问这问题只是要借钱去买 you asked that is so you can borrow some 毫无意义的玩具或东西的话,给我回到你的房间money to buy a silly toy or some other 并上床.好好想想为什麽你会那麽自私." 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 我每天长时间辛苦工作着,没时间和你玩小孩子 have time for such this childish behavior." 的游戏." The little boy quietly went to his room 小孩安静地回自己房并关上门. and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even 这位父亲坐下来还对小孩的问题生气 angrier about the little boy's questions. how dare he ask such questions only to get 他怎麽敢只为了钱而问这种问题? some money? After about an hour or so, the man had 约一小时後, 他平静下来了, 开始想着他可能对 calmed down, and started tothink he may 孩子太凶了 have been a little hard on his son. maybe there was something he really needed 或许他应该用那10块钱美金买小孩真正想要的, to buy with that $10 and he really didn't 而且他也不真的不常要钱 ask for money very often. the man went to the door of the little boy's 父亲走近小孩的房门并打开门 room and opened the door. are you asleep, son?" he asked. 你睡了吗孩子?" 他问着 no daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy. 爸,还没,我还醒着." 小孩回答着" I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard 我想过了,我刚刚可能对你太凶了"父亲说着" on you earlier," said theman, "it's been a long day and I took out my 我将今天的闷气都爆发出来了. aggravation on you. here's the $10 you 这是你要的10块钱美金" asked for." The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 小孩笑着坐直了起来, "oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled. "爹地,谢谢你" 小孩叫着 then, reaching under his pillow he pulled 接着小孩从枕头下拿出一些被弄皱了的钞票 out some crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had 这父亲看到小孩已经有钱了, money, started to get angry again. 快要再次发脾气 the little boy slowly counted out his money 这小孩慢慢地算着钱,接着看着他的爸爸 , then looked up at his father. "why do you want more money if you already "为什麽你已经有钱了还要要更多?" have some?" the father grumbled. 父亲生气的说着" "because I didn't have enough, but now I 因为我之前不够,但我现在足够了"小孩回答 do," the little boy replied. "daddy, I have $20 now. can I buy an hour "爸,我现在有20块钱了. 我可以 of your time? please comehome early to 向你买一个小时的时间吗?明天请早一点回家 morrow. I would like to have dinner with 我想和你一起吃晚餐." you" 我们是不是因为某些缘故,忘了身边重要的人?即使他表现得不在乎 -- 想快速累积人脉存摺吗 ？ 联络网，我的朋友就是您的朋友 ^^ http://www.linkist.com/r/49ff48ac6455c8eb --

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