cherish the little things in life（转帖）

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% X$ z5 c' k1 D& G$ r" a8 c“SON: “Daddy, may I ask you a question?”
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5 ~* Y+ {% t. DDAD: “Yeah sure, what is it?”
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' V& X2 _1 B8 X& NSON: “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

DAD: “That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?”
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SON: “I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?”

6 k! l4 h. g  W. J+ _) _7 pDAD: “If you must know, I make $100 an hour.”
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SON: “Oh! (With his head down).

SON: “Daddy, may I please borrow $50?”
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  t& D- N) \7 Y9 i! _The father was furious.
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2 E- I  Y) ~" ?2 vDAD: “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 hard everyday for such this childish behavior.”
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The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

7 f  R" b. J# C) fThe 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?

  c- L6 W1 L' L1 R% Z; `8 DAfter about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
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Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $ 50 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.

, q) V0 G7 [6 `( k5 V7 l1 K# bDAD: “Are you asleep, son?”

SON: “No daddy, I’m awake”.
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DAD: “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier. It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the $50 you asked for.”
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- p' F1 ]- r7 }$ _The little boy sat straight up, smiling.

SON: “Oh, thank you daddy!”

Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.
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DAD: “Why do you want more money if you already have some?”

SON: “Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do. Daddy, I have $100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
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The father was crushed.

2 L4 p, W2 i3 \- p% |He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

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. Do remember to share that $100 worth of your time with someone you love. If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family and friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.
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锤子剪刀布

Oh, I am soooooooo touched after I read this story…(tears)
To me, I would use the objective way to describe the father and son. From this story, I would say the Daddy is a hard-working man who rarely spends enough time with his son, on his mind, he believes that the task of earning the daily bread for his family is the important task for his family, but he totally forgets that there is another task which is more important in his life, that is, to spend more time with his family.

bitrick

moving story

linazhang

以前看过，但是还是喜欢这个故事给我们的提醒。

北山

好故事，值得深思。

圆梦

Totally agree with what the writer wrote. A nice story!

北上太子

a touching story！

cyz0116