This has gone around a few times, but it warrants a re-read... Blessings, Andy. ----------------- > A man came home from work late again, 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 wanted 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." The > little boy looked up at his father and he said, > "Daddy, may I borrow $9 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 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 calmed down. He started > to think he might have been a little hard on his son. > Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with > that $9 and he didn't ask for money very often. The > man went to 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 aggravations out on you. Here's > that $9 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 now. Can you play with > me for an hour?" _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
