Can I Borrow RM 25?
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A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year
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SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'
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MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.
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MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the" A. @8 `8 {3 [7 j
woman said angrily.# A+ Y* @8 J6 j! R9 h/ ^5 _3 D
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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.'公仔箱論壇5 S+ o; t2 S' f6 m6 y
+ p C9 d' M* k6 ~ g2 I SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; D H- |- D) z1 o$ |8 {+ N
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+ \1 d, y+ D0 n/ B& N: L! N The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can2 H+ ~ `! y* G* R) R4 W) o
borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you
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are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish公仔箱論壇4 Q) f$ S; ?; I* ?; E% |3 ~
frivolities.'公仔箱論壇/ ]2 ~9 t4 a$ _% W1 D, B- B0 B
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The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
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4 S/ t: v% W: @$ C3 ewww1.tvboxnow.com The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's
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After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to
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Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that RM 25 and he
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'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.www1.tvboxnow.com* z" U5 O% o- d
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'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
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! o. A4 ^3 b; x1 ^; O 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman.
/ z2 A- J! f$ g4 G5 r/ c 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the RM
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5 `1 f* f, ^/ X0 {9 X' x! B公仔箱論壇 The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he
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The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ V# B6 Z5 \* F4 S! O; B5 Q. I" e$ I% A
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The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at histvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* b# i, P3 P4 f7 e4 x5 B" j1 O1 ~
mother.
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'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother
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'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 g- v$ D) j6 S5 W7 o' ?/ Q
: y* v/ F* U" L8 I- b3 ` 'Mummy, I have RM 50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come
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The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she
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It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. WeTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。4 ~, K( J4 W+ M0 { m
should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some
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/ L+ H$ `' z/ H, K: }$ Z公仔箱論壇 If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily0 G" k6 n5 s# x& H' p$ P
replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind
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