Can I Borrow RM 25?
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A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year
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3 j- J4 _+ O* H+ `- u7 k( N' Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'
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MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 X! l+ I/ u$ ?1 {8 w) O
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MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the# w$ Y$ _( ?+ K) _
woman said angrily.5.39.217.77:8898: {% o8 q1 t2 N8 _0 \
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SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'# e4 e# `5 Y& o& A! J
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MUM: 'If you must know, I make RM 50 an hour.'公仔箱論壇, [7 g4 v* \9 i/ z9 G
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SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.5 B3 z% i; Z7 h
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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 cantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ H; i+ z5 u/ ^: x: ?; r
borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you
* Y! i. `6 a) `, R march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you
. A% ^) O- e( Z! X5.39.217.77:8898 are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childishTVBNOW 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。& M7 ^1 l1 t+ @7 x( p& {3 `
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1 Z3 o9 J# O% c, C8 k- k* }公仔箱論壇 The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.5.39.217.77:88980 p3 m# H# A9 S
, R3 p; s( X& Z. G# s4 N# ^5.39.217.77:8898 The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy'stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. V5 O0 y3 [! C9 o
questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
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* z/ l ^: Z htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to
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little boy's room and opened the door.
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'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.
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'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy." k' ?+ {& h4 N# u) G
; @( }# d2 b% G- F& d0 p 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.
, e; |# u% @; |5 q! T7 Itvb 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!' he2 o" i+ d1 d% G4 g# D
yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up
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: [$ `5 I5 ? }, _ The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
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4 }& Z% t" [/ M3 R$ y h& N1 Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his2 f2 R7 V6 X, q) S# \
mother.
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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 come公仔箱論壇- U; H/ I9 m( v3 }
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 she5.39.217.77:8898; r6 \& }# a0 p$ A" U0 }
begged for his forgiveness.0 i5 n/ o1 ^* {( t
3 k2 d. n0 k. N. G$ a公仔箱論壇 It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We
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time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do
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If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily" ~8 y& S- C+ c$ F" k9 Y7 F
replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind5.39.217.77:8898$ C- _4 O: w* R0 Z* u) n
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