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1、Daddy,mayIpleaseborrow$10?AGoodBoyLittleRobertaskedhismotherfortwocents."WhatdidyoudowiththemoneyIgaveyouyesterday?""Igaveittoapooroldwoman,"heanswered."You'reagoodboy,"saidthemotherproudly."Herearetwocentsmore.Butwhyareyousointerestedintheoldwoman?""Sheistheonewhosellsthecan
2、dy."小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢?！白蛱旖o你的錢干什么了？”“我給了一個(gè)可憐的老太婆，”他回答說?！澳阏媸莻€(gè)好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說。“再給你兩分錢。可你為什么對(duì)那位老太太那么感興趣呢？”“她是個(gè)賣糖果的?！盇mancamehomefromworklate,tiredandirritated,tofindhis5-yearoldsonwaitingforhimatthedoor.“Daddy,mayIaskyouaquestion?”“Yeahsure,whatisit?”repliedtheman.“Daddy,howmuchdoyoumakean
3、hour?”“That’snoneofyourbusiness.Whydoyouasksuchathing?”themansaidangrily.Ijustwanttoknow.Pleasetellme,howmuchdoyoumakeanhour?”pleadedthelittleboy.“Ifyoumustknow,Imake$20anhour.”“Oh,”thelittleboyreplied,withhisheaddown.Lookingup,hesaid,“Daddy,mayIpleaseborrow$10?”Thefatherwasf
4、urious,“Iftheonlyreasonyouaskedthatissoyoucanborrowsomemoneytobuyasillytoyorsomeothernonsense,thenyoumarchyourselfstraighttoyourroomandgotobed.Thinkaboutwhyyouarebeingsoselfish.Iworkhardeverydayforsuchchildishbehavior.”Thelittleboyquietlywenttohisroomandshutthedoor.Themansatd
5、ownandstartedtogetevenangrieraboutthelittleboy’squestions.Howdareheasksuchquestionsonlytogetsomemoney?Afteraboutanhourorso,themanhadcalmeddown,andstartedtothink:Maybetherewassomethinghereallyneededtobuywiththat$10andhereallydidn’taskformoneyveryoften.Themanwenttothedoorofthel
6、ittleboy’sroomandopenedthedoor.“Areyouasleep,son?”Heasked.Nodaddy,I’mawake,”repliedtheboy.“I’vebeenthinking,maybeIwastoohardonyouearlier,”saidtheman,“It’sbeenalongdayandItookoutmyaggravationonyou.Here’sthe$10youaskedfor.”Thelittleboysatstraightup,smiling.“Oh,thankyoudaddy!”He
7、yelled.Then,reachingunderhispillowhepulledoutsomecrumpledupbills.Theman,seeingthattheboyalreadyhadmoney,startedtogetangryagain.Thelittleboyslowlycountedouthismoney,thenlookedupathisfather.“Whydoyouwantmoremoneyifyoualreadyhavesome?”thefathergrumbled.“BecauseIdidn’thaveenough,
8、butnowIdo,”thelittleboyreplied.“Daddy,Ihave$20now.CanIbuyanhourofyou
