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) O" g/ j p7 N% b A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year公仔箱論壇& u+ z) s3 T& J+ p
old son waiting for her at the door.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 b9 ?: y3 g# L4 G' k z
. n$ C/ _/ G! @9 N, _; w SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?': Z) R5 l7 y& Q+ k' u
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MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 f( [: V; H7 p6 r% }, n9 a& C
8 r' E- U. a( { SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: N1 R# Z1 N) [! T" d4 b. H
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MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the
( [' V9 w3 g8 M7 l3 j$ i5.39.217.76 woman said angrily.- |/ V( k' t, e
) ]; l E" H4 {9 R5 UTVBNOW 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。 SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'
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& v$ f; e, [; r3 ?$ ^ V' [公仔箱論壇 MUM: 'If you must know, I make RM 50 an hour.'
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) I, D$ s) e3 P3 F公仔箱論壇 SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.
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SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow RM 25?'% o7 Q9 _' x4 t1 c( P
% H( J. i5 T6 k; 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。 The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can
6 `+ T0 m' [* z3 }) q8 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you: ?! H8 p6 c. i+ U. i& D0 o+ I
march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you
' |- p5 N+ _/ J( S: H: t, h( M1 c& s" Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish
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' V5 U6 z7 g) j! h" y The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.( U8 k' f2 ?/ _
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The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's5.39.217.76+ \3 }9 `) {# W6 V
questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
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2 A2 {' i- g: m7 H 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
7 T; |( I1 k6 [' p5.39.217.76 really didn't ask for money very often. The woman went to the door of the
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'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.
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$ h. q5 d+ \7 {3 x 'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
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# G2 \" ?4 k& v 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.
8 e% |) w3 V! \ q F6 i 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the RM" A8 s, G9 V' B
25 you asked for.'
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The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' hetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% t' @& @* r! K0 S: T
yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled uptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 a0 a$ V3 l# e
bills.
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; q- k6 C$ h1 o8 @. j8 T# l5.39.217.76 The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.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。; l9 z* ~% \' l8 w
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The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his
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# [; g1 H& c$ s oTVBNOW 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。 'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother
/ a% T6 }3 ?) n0 d* V- B# }- n7 ? grumbled.公仔箱論壇- G# o2 v4 ]% q% S! x, d
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'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.5.39.217.762 u$ B' c! S$ D. z+ z3 d
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'Mummy, I have RM 50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come
; y1 `8 Z. b. L# i7 U0 v! c& TTVBNOW 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。 home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'
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, q! u8 z4 O9 X* X# Z3 Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she公仔箱論壇" @$ A/ V* D$ h
begged for his forgiveness.
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7 L: u$ R& M3 H" `! ~ It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We
3 ^3 R/ @1 h, q: B" V should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some
8 \; r/ t5 V" y0 p0 r! Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do
8 H8 q% J; M; Y& Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb remember to share that RM 50 worth of your time with someone you love.2 q5 p* g# U1 D( u3 w& p
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If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easilytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 U, \" F' H7 O# U7 B
replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind公仔箱論壇- \" ?9 h) U! M4 @+ B5 V; Z! d
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