Can I Borrow RM 25?
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$ C" V8 ?& E% c: o. h A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year
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, A* P5 D- H5 d$ ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'
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* z" y4 x5 O$ ]: T* W5.39.217.77:8898 MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.- N7 E6 d3 P9 G, ~6 i! O- y
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SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'
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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?'公仔箱論壇9 c8 T$ s& J* T- r$ Q3 l; [" E
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" q! T9 M4 _9 k3 ~& h8 P, j4 x% U- _ MUM: 'If you must know, I make RM 50 an hour.'
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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
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march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you
* i# y7 C7 h. W$ X are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish
) ~7 w- }+ {: k5.39.217.77:8898 frivolities.'公仔箱論壇( t1 j- k2 \3 i- v0 G: ^' n
6 B2 m1 ^$ w$ _& S* w# W The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
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: M2 T' D# D3 D$ t0 eTVBNOW 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。 The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's# |% [0 s6 I( M; Z( ^0 p
questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?' [9 `$ A2 u' q* L
/ u# R: `4 V( S9 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to5.39.217.77:8898% O& F1 W' T$ Y% w9 {2 i
think:
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$ C( a* P5 h- r9 ^* k公仔箱論壇 Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that RM 25 and he
3 O, w8 Z; {' m* H! D q$ l5.39.217.77:8898 really didn't ask for money very often. The woman went to the door of the5.39.217.77:8898" Y7 [* r7 [! c0 |
little boy's room and opened the door.
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'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- w x6 ~9 l, C) w0 \
. g1 x( P7 r& ~# S5.39.217.77:8898 'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
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) c) K0 C# h, U公仔箱論壇 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.& \' Q. `$ |9 b% v" E
'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the RMTVBNOW 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。3 Z2 a) n' |8 u' _* L
25 you asked for.'
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8 f+ t% a: W5 p7 V7 P& X The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' hetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% O% F, ]; w5 x7 D1 U ^% p
yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up5.39.217.77:8898- O' f" `) g k& z1 X6 s
bills.
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1 m5 |# C6 ]9 L; D1 S6 atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* V3 O: X3 Z- F6 p$ z
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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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. ^4 s# Z' j# E- R7 rTVBNOW 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。 'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.
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) x$ [0 s; ?# L4 l) Y 'Mummy, I have RM 50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please cometvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( `0 K/ g4 ]* o' i! o5 x
home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'
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7 f; R3 y# u: N( E) g2 S The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she
' r. B4 s( W: n7 Z begged for his forgiveness.
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5 g6 W: M& U: j y& E9 r公仔箱論壇 It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We: v) H' \7 s5 m, P$ J
should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some
6 p, r! q" G% {, q' O" n0 i, J5.39.217.77:8898 time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. DoTVBNOW 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。- u7 l5 s3 U& b% p: P9 K- B
remember to share that RM 50 worth of your time with someone you love.公仔箱論壇* k) Y% I8 S2 k6 |# [- m% z
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If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily5.39.217.77:88981 g7 D s1 F/ ~' C3 z! A$ V4 l
replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind
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