1 USD 20 Worth of Time Passage 4

2 1. What do you usually ask your parents for money for? Questions for you to think and talk about: 2. What is the natural response of your parents to your demand?

3 Part I (Para 1-11) The father was not happy about his son’s asking for $10. Part II (Para 12-16) The father calmed down and gave his son $10. Part III (Para 17-19) The son wanted money only to buy his father’s time for a dinner together.

4 tired and irritated feeling angry Text

5 Daddy, how much do you make an hour? Text

6 “If you must know, I make $20 an hour”.

7 “Dad, may I please borrow $10?” Text

8 furious very angry Text

9 The little boy quietly went to his room … Text

10 (to be) too strict (with) Text … (I) may have been a little hard on (my) son …

11 The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door. Text

12 anger Text … I took out my aggravation on you.

13 crushed into a smaller bent shape … he pulled out some crumpled up bills … “Oh, thank you daddy!”; Text

14 The father grumbled. to complain in a bad-tempered way Text

15 “Daddy, I have $20 now, can I buy an hour of your time? … Text

16 Para 1 A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door. tired and irritated Para 2 “Daddy, may I ask you a question?” Para 3 “Yes sure, what is it?” replied the man. Para 4 “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

17 Para 5 “That’s none of your business, why do you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily. Para 6 “I just want to know, please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy. Para 7 “If you must know, I make $20 an hour”.“If you must know, I make $20 an hour”. Para 8 “Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down, looking up, he said, Para 9 “Dad, may I please borrow $10?”“Dad, may I please borrow $10?”

18 Para 10 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.”furious Para 11 “I work long hard hours everyday and don’t have time for such this childish behavior.”

19 Para 12 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?The little boy quietly went to his room Para 13 After about an hour or so, the dad calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. 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.he may have been a little hard on his sonThe man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door

20 Para 14 “Are you asleep, son?” he asked. Para 15 “No daddy, I’m awake” replied the boy. Para 16 “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.”I took out my aggravation on you

21 Para 17 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, then looked up at his father.he pulled out some crumpled up bills

22 Para 18 “Why do you want more money if you already have some?” the father grumbled.the father grumbled Para 19 “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.” (420 words)can I buy an hour of your time

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