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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1 ]9 a# H2 `: R/ |3 h! ~$ x SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'
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MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.5.39.217.763 N+ J8 D% M1 F6 a+ K* G, F- I4 u
j3 e) K5 t! b) G% y' C" X5.39.217.76 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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" j" h% k0 k( I5 O& E SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, b: S9 w" H `2 p$ U' o; u
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+ y7 A0 M5 j+ `# c+ X G! _8 \$ M( A MUM: 'If you must know, I make RM 50 an hour.'公仔箱論壇0 r" W2 }6 G7 {5 \/ U1 L( Y
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SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.* M6 ^( X$ m! `9 v+ f3 R
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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
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) Q5 B; M8 d! s The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
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1 P! }" e3 P; f$ X u' r questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
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After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to5 Q* R& Y( \; v* B& D6 o% m6 U$ @* F! D' Q
think:
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Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that RM 25 and he
; C& f6 I1 U" O8 d3 h5.39.217.76 really didn't ask for money very often. The woman went to the door of theTVBNOW 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。9 F+ W7 ^$ U* @4 L. G y
little boy's room and opened the door.
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9 a: x2 n6 _$ h- @/ ?9 b( \& _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.TVBNOW 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。' \, \7 p3 l4 e3 M
3 ~! J) l/ D0 \+ i# t* A, u2 ~公仔箱論壇 'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
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2 [4 ^, k% Y$ |2 F8 i 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.9 f, A& U; {! T9 D
'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
8 r, ]' w6 t9 X- O7 o/ E5.39.217.76 yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled upTVBNOW 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。0 D# I W. m7 x: ]
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The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
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3 U3 k5 t0 j1 ~# f% M* K The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his5.39.217.76$ I" W5 X( R$ T/ @/ U- _9 b
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 come5.39.217.761 F, S1 p- \6 Q; K
home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'
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- {& h5 n" l4 g5 x- F1 T The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she
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7 y: ?5 x0 c( f/ h! E) {! v, s: A公仔箱論壇 It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We
( A8 W# M- V6 ~5 w. ?5.39.217.76 should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some
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If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily
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