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The father got angry at his son for asking for $10, assuming it was to buy a toy. The son went to his room while the father calmed down. When the father went to apologize, the son was smiling and had $20 under his pillow. The son explained he already had $10 and wanted to use the additional $10 to buy an hour of his father's time to have dinner together. The story encourages spending quality time with loved ones.

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The father got angry at his son for asking for $10, assuming it was to buy a toy. The son went to his room while the father calmed down. When the father went to apologize, the son was smiling and had $20 under his pillow. The son explained he already had $10 and wanted to use the additional $10 to buy an hour of his father's time to have dinner together. The story encourages spending quality time with loved ones.

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The father was furious, “If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some

money 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 are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior.”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even
angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was
something he 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. “No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy.

“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man. “It’s been a long day and
I took out my aggravation on you. 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.

The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

“Why do you want more money if you already have some?” the father grumbled.

“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.”

Share this story with someone you like.... But even better, share $20 worth of time with someone
you love. It’s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life.

We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who
really matter to us, those close to our hearts.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of
days.

But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to
think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family. An unwise investment indeed!

So what is the moral of the story???

Don’t work too hard...and you know what’s the full word of FAMILY?

FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER,(I)(L)OVE (Y)OU!

100 Moral Stories 15 www.islamicoccasions.com

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