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我可以买你一个小时的时间吗？
一个男人工作很迟才回到家里, 很疲累。他发现他的5岁儿子正在门口等着他。"爸爸, 我可以问你一个问题吗"? "是的,可以,是什么呢"? 男人问。"爸爸,你1个小时能赚多少钱? ""如果你一定要知道,我告诉你我1小时赚20美元。""哦,"小男孩低下了头，过了一会儿, 他抬起头对男人说：" 爸爸,你可以借给我10美元吗？" 父亲听了很生气地说："如果你有一个合理的理由，我就能给你一些钱.“不要为了买愚蠢的玩具，你该上床睡觉了。"小男孩安静地去他的房间而且关上了门。大约1个小时人已经冷静下来。他想，也许孩子真的需要些东西，孩子平时不经常找他要钱的。
于是男人去小男孩的房间，打开了门。“你睡着了,儿子”? 他问。“没有，爸爸。”男孩说。“我想过了,原先我是我不对，不该那样对你” 男人说,“这里是你要的10美元，孩子”. 小男孩坐起来,笑着说：“哦,谢谢你爸爸！”他开心的叫着。然后, 在他的枕头下拿出些有点皱的钱。男人看到男孩已经有了些钱,很生气。小男孩慢慢着算着他的钱, 然后抬头看着父亲。“你为什么想得到更多的钱? 你已经有一些了啊?”父亲问。 “因为我还没有足够的钱，但是现在我的钱足够了。”小男孩回答，“爸爸,现在我有20美元了。我可以买你1小时的时间吗?请明天早点回家。我想要和你一起吃晚餐。”
Can I buy an hour of your time?
A man came home from work late, tiredly. He found his 5 years old son was waiting for him at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a questIon?" "Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man. "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?” " If you must know, I make $20 an hour."" Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down, looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow $10?" the father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy, then you go to bed." The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down. He thought maybe there was something his son really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often.
The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. "Are you asleep, son?" he asked. "Not yet, daddy," replied the boy. "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier." said the man, "Here's the $10 you asked for." the little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. Seeing that the boy already had money, the man started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father. "Why do you want more money? Since you already have some?" the father asked. "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, "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."
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