[lodwick]

A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to find his 5 year old son waiting for him at the door.
"Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

"Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man.

"Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?

"That's none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.

"I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?" pleaded the little boy.

"If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour."

"Oh," the little boy replied, head bowed. Looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 please?"

The father was furious. "If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you're being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don't have time for such childish games."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even madder about the little boy's questioning. How dare him ask such questions only to get some money.

After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00, and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. "Are you asleep son?" he asked.

"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier," said the man. "It's been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up, beaming. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some more crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man.

"Why did you want more money if you already had some?" the father grumbled.

"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.

"Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?"

Share some time with those who need you.

They need our time more then we will ever know.

[dutchess]

lodwick. What a touching story.

habs...thanks for the background. Your right...libs certainly turn on their own. Also heard an interview with Linda Chavez regarding her new book. She said she was basically a socialist until she "saw the light" when all the libs were so condesending and it was their goal to keep the minorities oppressed. Sounds like a good read!

[JustAmy]

How very true!!!
That is a great story, Lodwick. It reminds me of Who's stories.
WHO: We would love to hear from you.

[glock rocks]

Share some time with those who need you. They need our time more then we will ever know.

wow. that's excellent, jl.

this weekend my 6 and 9 yr old took turns helping me size a herd of .40 cal casings...
one would put the casing in the press, and the other pull the handle... i'm sure neither one of them really cared what we were doing, but we were together, having fun,
and spent hours discussing the really important stuff... and i admit, it's really a wonderful eye opener
to get an understanding of what's really important to your 6 and 9 yr old.

your story nigh on brought tears to this old redneck. thanks.