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

\"Yeah， sure， what is it?\" replied Tony.

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

\"That's none of your business. What makes you ask such a thing?\" Tony 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?\"

Tony 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. Tony sat down and started to get even madder about the little boy's questioning. After an hour or so， Tony had calmed down， and started to think that there maybe something he really needed to buy with that $10.00. Tony went to the door of the little boy's room.

\"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 Tony.

\"It's been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here's that $10.00 you asked for.\"

The son sat straight up， beaming. \"Oh， thank you Daddy，\" he yelled.

Then， reaching under his pillow， he pulled out some more crumpled up bills. The son slowly counted out his money. \"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 son replied.

\"Daddy， I have $ 20. 00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?\" the son said to Tony.

托尼今天又下班很晚，他覺得又累又煩。剛到家門口，便發(fā)現(xiàn)五歲的兒子坐在門口等他?！鞍职郑铱梢詥柲銈€(gè)問題嗎？”兒子一見他便問。

“當(dāng)然，什么事?”托尼回答道。

“爸爸，你一個(gè)小時(shí)賺多少錢？”

“不關(guān)你的事，你問這干嗎？”托尼生氣地說。

“我只是想知道，請(qǐng)告訴我吧，您一小時(shí)賺多少錢？”兒子祈求道。

“如果你一定要知道，我就告訴你，我每小時(shí)賺二十美元?！?/p>

“噢！”兒子一邊答應(yīng)，一邊低下了頭。

過了一會(huì)兒，他又抬起頭，對(duì)托尼說：“爸爸，你可以借給我十美元嗎？”

托尼聽后很生氣，他朝兒子吼道：“如果你想知道我賺多少錢的目的是想跟我借錢去買些幼稚的玩具和其他一些亂七八糟的東西的話，那你立即回臥室睡覺去，好好反省自己的自私行為。我每天那么辛苦地工作，沒時(shí)間陪你玩這種幼稚的游戲?！?/p>

兒子一聲不吭地回到房間，關(guān)上了門。托尼坐在沙發(fā)上，越想越生氣。大約過了一個(gè)小時(shí)，托尼漸漸冷靜了下來，他想兒子可能真的需要這十美元買什么東西。于是他走進(jìn)兒子的臥室，來到兒子的床前。

“睡著了嗎，兒子？”他問道。

“還沒有，爸爸?！眱鹤踊卮鹫f。

“我一直在想，剛才可能對(duì)你太兇了?！蓖心峤又f。

“今天工作很累，我把氣都撒在了你身上。給，這是你要的十美元?！?/p>

兒子高興地坐起來，歡呼道：“謝謝爸爸!”

說著，兒子又從枕頭底下摸出幾張皺皺巴巴的美元，仔細(xì)地?cái)?shù)起來。看到這一幕，爸爸埋怨道：“你不是有錢嗎?為什么還跟我要錢呢？”

“因?yàn)槲业腻X不夠，不過現(xiàn)在夠了?！眱鹤踊卮鸬?。

接著，兒子對(duì)托尼說：“爸爸，我現(xiàn)在有二十美元了，我可以買你一小時(shí)時(shí)間嗎？”