Short Narrative For Story Telling
THE SON AND HIS FATHER
The man came home from work late again. He felt very tired. His
little son waited for him at the door.
Then the boy asked, “Daddy, may I ask you a question?”
“Yeah, sure what is it?”, replied the father.
“Daddy how much money do you make and hour?”
“That none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?”, the
father said angrily.
“I just want to know. Please tell me, how much money do you make an
hour?” pleaded the little boy.
“If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour.”
“Oh, hmmm, so Daddy, May I borrow $10.00 please?”
The father was furious and said “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 other nonsense. Then you had better go to your room and go to bed. Think
about why you are being so selfish. I work long, hard hours every day and don’t
have time for such childish games!”.
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After an
hour or so, the father had calmed down, and started to think that he may have
been a little hard on his son. Then the father went to the door of his little
boy’s room and opened the door.
“Are you asleep son?”, said the father.
“No daddy. I am awake” replied the boy.
“I have been thinking, maybe I was too hard on your earlier. It is
been a long day and I am very tired and say something rude to you. Here is that
$10.00 you asked for.”
The little boy sat straight up and beaming then yelled, “Thank you
so much daddy!”
Then the little boy reaching under his pillow and pulled out some
more money then he slowly counted out his money and look up at his father. The
father knowing the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
“Why did you want more money if you already had some?”, said the
father grumbled.
“Because I did not have enough before, but now I do.. hmmm, Daddy I
have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?”
The man could not speak for a moment.
“Daddy, answer my question please.”
“No, no, you can not buy my time. You must not buy my time, because
I will give it to you without money continously, dear. I am so sorry, I spent
too much time to work until I did not have much time for you..”, said the
father who realized his mistakes. Then with eyes full of tears he hugged his
little son.