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A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-yearwww3.tvboxnow.com& D5 }4 Y: a' I) c4 Z
old son waiting for her at the door.
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( S+ a [# F/ S* q3 |, ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 o& R. ?2 B _4 S) u, k
- c2 B) o/ [! X! r8 B4 bwww3.tvboxnow.com MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.
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SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'; F6 O( L7 a$ u
& @3 }; g/ m1 H, j公仔箱論壇 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?'
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MUM: 'If you must know, I make RM 50 an hour.'
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9 Y% ]2 O' u7 I+ v2 } SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.
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! U( y! f" X4 s7 Z |www3.tvboxnow.com SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow RM 25?'
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& j. m! |# ]! otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you canwww3.tvboxnow.com: m) w. J' h, A: p, x
borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you, T0 R% x8 u% i8 f/ U, |
march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you
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frivolities.'
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0 k2 @/ |2 k) R( n; B公仔箱論壇 The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.公仔箱論壇 A( p: W" v4 D
- i% W+ G5 p" q8 t- G8 _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's
8 x( _1 E/ s6 Z9 |' j questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
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& u8 Z& N! X4 D; |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to
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little boy's room and opened the door.
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1 x: l! K3 K: ?0 J% `- {3 zwww3.tvboxnow.com 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.
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yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up4 ]8 y( A4 m, E/ s
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, W- b, P- o$ g" ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his
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- S, t+ j5 i9 x8 M- Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother
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6 L1 }6 O. [. ` 'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.% V& ?7 E' e8 g8 d6 v, L' W s( e
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'Mummy, I have RM 50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come
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" L, w6 I2 Q& f- M1 z2 }8 p6 a% l! |8 \9 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she! N' m! a7 V6 _5 ^ Z/ J( I
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; S5 o7 a7 t4 v+ m It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We$ u# M' T$ D; `9 m0 X! L
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remember to share that RM 50 worth of your time with someone you love.
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If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily
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