A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year
old son waiting for him
at the door.
一位爸爸下班回到家很晚了,很累並有點煩, 發現他五歲的兒子靠在門旁等他.
"daddy, may I ask you a question?"
"爸,我可以問你一個問題嗎?"
"yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.
"當然可以,什麼問題?" 父親回答
"daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
"爸,你一小時可以賺多少錢?"
"that's none of your business. why do you ask such a thing? "the man
said angrily.
"這與你無關,你為什麼問這個問題?" 父親生氣的說著
"I just want to know. please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
pleaded the little boy.
"我只是想要知道, 請告訴我, 你一小時賺多少錢?" 小孩哀求著
"if you must know, I make $20 an hour."
"假如你一定要知道的話, 我一小時賺20塊美金 "
"oh," the little boy replied, with his head down. looking up, he said,
"喔" 小孩低著頭這樣回答著. 小孩說
"daddy, may I please borrow $10?"
"爹地, 可以借我10塊美金嗎?"
the father was furious, "if the only reason you asked that is so you can
borrow some money 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 are being so selfish. I work long hard
hours everyday and don't
have time for such this childish behavior."
父親發怒了."如果你問這問題只是要借錢去買毫無意義的玩具或東西的話,給我回
到你
的房間並上床. 好好想想為什麼你會那麼自私.我每天長時間辛苦工作著,沒時間和
你玩
小孩子的遊戲."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
小孩安靜地回自己房並關上門.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's
questions.
這位父親坐下來還對小孩的問題生氣
how dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
他怎麼敢只為了錢而問這種問題?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think
約一小時後, 他平靜下來了, 開始想著
he may have been a little hard on his son.
他可能對孩子太兇了
maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he
really didn't ask for
money very often.
或許應該用那10塊錢美金買小孩真正想要的, 而且他不是常常開口要錢
the man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
父親走小孩的房門並打開門
"are you asleep, son?" he asked.
"你睡了嗎孩子?" 他藻^答
"daddy, I have $20 now. can I buy an hour of your time? please come home
early tomorrow. I
would like to have dinner with you"~~~~~~~~~
"爸,我現在有20塊錢了. 我可以向你買一個小時的時間嗎? 明天請早一點回家我想
和你一起吃晚飯?"
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share this story with someone you like....but even better, share $20
worthof time with someone
you love.
將這個故事與你所喜歡的人分享,但更重要的,與你所愛的人分享這價值20塊美金的
時間
its just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life.
這只是提醒辛苦工作的各位
we should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent
some time with those who
really matter to us, those close to our hearts.
我們不應該不花一點時間來陪那些在乎我們,關心我們的人而讓時間從手指間溜走.
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