A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door...
Son: "Daddy, may I ask you a question"
Daddy: "Yeah sure, what it is?"
Son: "Dad, how much do you make an hour"
Daddy: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?"
Son: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
Daddy: "I make Rs. 500 an hour"
"Oh", the little boy replied, with his head down.
Looking up, he said, "Dad, may I please borrow Rs. 300?"
The father was furious,
"if the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money
to buy a silly toy or other nonsense, then march yourself to your room and go to bed.
Think why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior"
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:
"May be there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs. 300 and he really didn't ask for money very often!"
The man went to the door of 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, may be I was too hard on you earlier", said the man,
"It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you.
Here's the Rs.300 you asked for"
The little boy sat straight up, smiling "oh thank you dad!" He yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled some crippled up notes.
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 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 Rs. 500 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?
Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you"
2006-07-22 10:22:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
THATS THE SWEETEST THING I'VE READ
2006-07-22 10:28:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
That is awsome and true. Money isn't the most important thing for children. Its time spent with you. They remember the fun times they spend with their parents but they don't remember the money that dad had to pay to get them a tv set.
2006-07-22 17:52:32 · answer #2 · answered by mollyebj 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reminds me of that country music song about the little boy who asked his mom if he could buy some time with his dad, and the mom called the dad at work and told him... sweet and interesting...
2006-07-22 18:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by Kristin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AAAAWWWWWW! That is so sad and sweet. His son is so mature. I bet the dad relized how much he was gone and took more time off of work.
2006-07-22 17:54:34 · answer #4 · answered by kcheergirl123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point but much too long. You needed to tell the story with fewer words.
2006-07-22 17:28:59 · answer #5 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very moving, it touched My heart, and I thank You. Now let's all go hug Our Children. Thank You Again,
2006-07-22 17:41:37 · answer #6 · answered by Muffin Ann 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Awe how sweet... do you have kids? if you do, get off the computer and spend time with them instead of sitting here crapen on us that don't.
2006-07-22 17:27:21 · answer #7 · answered by crazy_pixie_dust 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's... great. It's sad... but I think a lot of children could get this idea...
And a lot of parents should read this!!!
2006-07-22 17:26:55 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Awwww, awwww, that made me wanna cry :(. Damn pregnancy hormones. Well at least he has a father, my unborn child doesn't :(.
2006-07-22 17:27:53 · answer #9 · answered by Chrissie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow.speechless.
Its a way that a kid want his father to spend more time with him and would do whatever it take for it to happen.
2006-07-22 17:31:20 · answer #10 · answered by none 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was really cute. I liked that
2006-07-22 17:27:33 · answer #11 · answered by jasmineboo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋