Can I Borrow RM 25?
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3 ^# T. i2 J9 ?3 f A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year8 I0 g/ B8 B4 U: d
old son waiting for her at the door.公仔箱論壇 }& B& \! N* J5 M, w
! T* @) T! K1 L6 z$ q- H+ H6 |( i5.39.217.77 SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'公仔箱論壇 m6 A$ u+ S% s, M6 e
6 w% }# V8 b" s8 L. U MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.+ }! {4 w; G& ^
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SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'
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* n; H2 J; O8 c9 q) Y MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the公仔箱論壇- E t# O. N0 y( S& V( d
woman said angrily.
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SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'
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MUM: 'If you must know, I make RM 50 an hour.'
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SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.$ W7 A& R+ f. ^) V) R
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SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow RM 25?'' i, `1 G& l2 W/ F/ \. N
# A a7 a/ c# R$ l7 ]' O, B5.39.217.77 The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can
O% M, ?+ u; p0 I公仔箱論壇 borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you
) c' Q7 x5 L |2 ]+ o. w P公仔箱論壇 march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you公仔箱論壇$ j+ G h) r) m: Z$ O8 d4 ?
are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish5.39.217.777 I! k7 P: h1 Q% ]" l( P' Q
frivolities.'
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The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.6 |: N$ ]0 j6 E$ O$ f4 x/ R# G# W
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The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's
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6 N' X: ^1 V3 }7 o5 K After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to
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Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that RM 25 and he
* Y) E! D0 i* \, Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb really didn't ask for money very often. The woman went to the door of the' K: ?4 y; x# V. ~
little boy's room and opened the door.
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1 |# Q; T& \8 \ H7 l3 C 'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.
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'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 @* f, {! W6 i
'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the RM
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The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he6 c6 e9 W$ K5 y. a6 N
yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up
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: r8 n! O4 d9 K L3 }& I: k3 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
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The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his
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'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother
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'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.: e( J* U0 H- O# v. u( y# O
* u% l5 v7 ^( k, M$ i( o# U5.39.217.77 'Mummy, I have RM 50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come
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The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and sheTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。- s4 Q" }2 i- ^3 u
begged for his forgiveness.
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* f2 v: y6 u; r" ~公仔箱論壇 It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We
) y8 k2 I/ P0 ]( m should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some
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remember to share that RM 50 worth of your time with someone you love.公仔箱論壇5 ~% `3 T1 M, V: n( ^4 E* i
9 r( E- [; {5 f2 \' n7 ?+ atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily+ O- l2 t2 v. K
replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind
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