Amancamehomeformworklate,tiredandfoundhis5yearsoldsonwaitingforhimatthedoor."Daddy,mayIaskyouaquestIon?""Yeah,sure,whatisit?"repliedtheman."Daddy,howmuchdoyoumakeanhour?""Ifyoumustknow,Imake$20anhour.""Oh,"thelittleboyreplied,withhisheaddown,lookingup,hesaid,"Daddy,mayIpleaseborrow$10"thefatherwasfurious,"Iftheonlyreasonyouasked
thatissoyoucanborrowsomemoney
tobuyasillytoy,thenyougotobed."Thelittleboyquietlywenttohisroomandshutthedoor.Afteraboutanhourorso,themanhadcalmeddown.Andstartedtothink.Maybetherewassomethinghereallyneeded
tobuywiththat$10andhereallydidn'taskformoneyveryoften.ThemanwenttothedooroftheiIttleboy'sroom
andopenedthedoor."Areyouasleep,son?"heasked."nodaddy,"repliedtheboy."I'vebeenthinking,maybeIwastoohardonyouearlier."saidtheman,"Here'sthe$10youaskedfor."thelittleboysatstraightup,smiling."Oh,thankyoudaddy!"heyelled.Then,reachingunderhispillowhepulledoutsomecrumpledupbills.Theman,seeingthattheboyalreadyhadmoney,startedtogetangryagaIn.Thelittleboyslowlycountedouthismoney,thenlookedupathisfather."Whydoyouwantmoremoney?Isyoualreadyhavesome?"thefatherasked."BecauseIdidn'thaveenough,butnowIdo."thelittleboyrepiied,"Daddy,Ihave$20now.CanIbuyanhourofyourtime?Pleasecomehomeearlytomorrow.Iwouldliketohavedinnerwithyou."