A Story

This story was taken from my English Book.


The man came home work late again. He felt very tired. His 5 years old son waited for him at the door. Then the boy asked. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
  "Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man.
  "Dady 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 want to know.. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" pleaded the little boy.
  "If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour."
  "Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed.
Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 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 silly toy or some other nonsense, then you'd better go to your room and go to bed. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work along, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such childish games." The little boy quitely went to his room and shut the door.

After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. The man went to the door of 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 am very tired and say something rude to you. Here's that $10.00 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 money. The man, knowing 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 $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?"