Can I Borrow RM 25?
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; l" ?5 s" z- m/ [, O2 _5.39.217.76 A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year
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SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'
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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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: E& N( F" t, n! ~0 C9 H4 P 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?'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。& x" |- {) o! C' p1 E/ }
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9 G# \7 n% S3 x; _ MUM: 'If you must know, I make RM 50 an hour.'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。+ X6 _" J, R, v% E
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SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" H- I6 a' s+ u$ A6 K: {. l$ }
B3 u+ w6 E6 p# f2 n: }9 Q6 ^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。 SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow RM 25?'
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- D" _$ P$ j" |/ m+ N. q- N The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can
, r1 C: n( E' r* A7 t. P, h公仔箱論壇 borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you
' \, J; Y' ]0 ^) p march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why youtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; T# g, P- N* g9 [ l2 a
are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childishtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: t; E9 Y' T$ {) U( p
frivolities.'
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8 L# I p+ ?0 X5.39.217.76 The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
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" a7 _, q4 c0 L' l* a5 h4 J The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's
" E4 o$ H( `' [ iTVBNOW 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。 questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
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5 c1 k+ c: i7 {# [& ?# s5.39.217.76 After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to
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2 a8 u# M: t$ |3 t% t$ \" ? Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that RM 25 and he
3 C" n/ T3 d3 wTVBNOW 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。 really didn't ask for money very often. The woman went to the door of the
2 I) o% x! j8 z u. GTVBNOW 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。 little boy's room and opened the door.公仔箱論壇$ {4 D6 S- I! x& @, {
$ {0 T: ]( a! t; p5 I 'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.
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'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.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。) F1 x# i( y& L; |7 w: V8 L
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'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.
9 s' J: x0 S( ^3 T: ], u# b' T公仔箱論壇 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the RM% B- t! y6 h7 c4 a$ U1 h
25 you asked for.'公仔箱論壇4 S% G# R# R/ c( E) G
5 _0 ?# l- A% C+ m5.39.217.76 The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' hetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" E4 {1 S6 {0 K5 |, a" b
yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled uptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 y$ \7 e( ]3 Y7 K m
bills.
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9 t: R# r5 b% i7 K- f The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
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9 f: I$ V- E0 A$ V( wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his5.39.217.764 b! @4 N0 L2 {) g1 \- }
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 come2 [ T; h" j7 C) a& f" K. u' W8 L7 P
home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'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。% `2 e( m6 L+ d. t* V1 r
- i! F- B2 E1 ]5 n5 |. r- s2 `公仔箱論壇 The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she公仔箱論壇4 T3 ~0 D& u+ _3 E
begged for his forgiveness.
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# w9 t" Z* u1 `, r. t It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We
2 @' L: r& s- S" V' [5.39.217.76 should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent sometvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 Q& l) L% U1 i/ ^" J6 u
time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do( x* E' Z1 W8 E1 T3 B
remember to share that RM 50 worth of your time with someone you love.
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3 P% c1 |' S" W' [; {. r% t8 L If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily$ y$ z& @8 \- X0 C, o$ U
replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind
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