Can I Borrow RM 25?
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9 Q+ e( V3 o- R1 C A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year+ Q* Q* ?5 x+ A% @9 ?
old son waiting for her at the door.
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SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'公仔箱論壇$ E: Z; W) C* D2 q6 j& A
; ]+ j7 p8 ]# f* @$ ?- ? MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.
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SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'
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2 }8 @0 n; q/ j: D MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the
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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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' J8 f( w7 _( m4 E1 m7 w7 V SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow RM 25?'
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The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can
1 j4 v( E6 o7 n5 W5 nTVBNOW 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。 borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you
2 E9 v6 n( J1 o: \( Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you
4 \4 N2 Q1 ^) z" \1 R$ x) G; W7 y5.39.217.77:8898 are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish0 D( I* l- E+ k. W( o6 G8 S
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The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.( n4 P# |" H, b% z/ C
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After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to
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6 i& u0 w, V* n& Q7 S* q5.39.217.77:8898 Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that RM 25 and he
6 Z' z1 J I' j; S" A5.39.217.77:8898 really didn't ask for money very often. The woman went to the door of the
1 ^0 w) w* z5 w little boy's room and opened the door.
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'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.公仔箱論壇( S( [; R; t" z; v; w6 _, I+ ]
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'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
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9 y7 x* O+ C, M公仔箱論壇 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.
7 y$ V8 L* X! v+ c* x; htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb '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!' he
* N6 b' j [; d+ l& D3 ~) i- _公仔箱論壇 yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up
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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.
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'Mummy, I have RM 50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come5.39.217.77:8898/ Z0 ~3 w- ~' _9 ?) w5 X0 l: C
home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'
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The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she
3 X6 Z% [2 T* r4 P' s, M5.39.217.77:8898 begged for his forgiveness.5 r" H% H* q- u0 ~+ Y5 B2 Z* v
; L5 q8 ~/ |5 z- w2 m6 R4 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We公仔箱論壇% b; g: R( @: z! T6 i
should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some
; F3 `8 G$ S1 K& P time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do
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% {- d2 v `" C4 y公仔箱論壇 If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easilytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ F1 @( \7 |# @5 q) W. u
replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind8 R0 ^6 y' `) [ `( ~
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