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Cats In The Cradle -- a song

noplacelikethis(nature)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛A child arrived just the other day,
He came to the world in the usual way.
But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay.
He learned to walk while I was away.
And he was talking 'fore I knew it, and as he grew,
He'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, dad.
You know I'm gonna be like you."
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
"When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when,
But we'll get together then.
You know we'll have a good time then."
My son turned ten just the other day.
He said, "Thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play.
Can you teach me to throw?" I said, "Not today,
I got a lot to do." He said, "That's ok."
And he walked away, but his smile never dimmed,
Said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah.
You know I'm gonna be like him."
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
"When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when,
But we'll get together then.
You know we'll have a good time then."
Well, he came from college just the other day,
So much like a man I just had to say,
"Son, I'm proud of you. Can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head, and he said with a smile,
"What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys.
See you later. Can I have them please?"
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when,
But we'll get together then, dad.
You know we'll have a good time then."
I've long since retired and my son's moved away.
I called him up just the other day.
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind."
He said, "I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time.
You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kid's got the flu,
But it's sure nice talking to you, dad.
It's been sure nice talking to you."
And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,
He'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me.
And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when,
But we'll get together then, dad.
You know we'll have a good time then."更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 工作学习 / 事业与工作 / How much do you make an hour? -garlicking(蒜); 2011-11-3 {2598} (#7036417@0)
    本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛zt

    A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

    SON: 'Daddy, may I ask you a question?'

    DAD: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the man.

    SON: 'Daddy, how much do you make an hour?'

    DAD: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the man said angrily.

    SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'

    DAD: 'If you must know, I make $50 an hour.'

    SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

    SON: 'Daddy, may I please borrow $25?'

    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 don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

    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 $25.00 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 $25 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 saw 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 $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'

    The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

    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. Do remember to share that $50 worth of your time with someone you love.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
    • 很好的文章。但实际上，很多努力工作的人不是为了多挣一小时的工资而多工作一小时。多一分努力可能带来更多的机会，少做一小时可能连工作都不保，尤其是现在的险恶环境。 -vicky2005(孩子她爹); 2011-11-3 (#7037106@0)
      • How 险恶 is it now exactly? 818 - for Canada, compared with 2008, or 2002? -cca(不归的如来佛); 2011-11-3 (#7037173@0)
        • 最近裁员多不多?我听说了两个,不过不知道是跟整体市场有关还是个案. -daydayup88(daydayup); 2011-11-3 (#7037185@0)
          • 金融业萎缩。欧洲银行都在裁员，美国的也不行。 -vicky2005(孩子她爹); 2011-11-3 (#7037349@0)
            • 加拿大呢? -needvocation(郁闷); 2011-11-3 (#7037375@0)
              • If none of EU, US, China is doing well, how well will Canada do? -vicky2005(孩子她爹); 2011-11-3 (#7037391@0)
        • Federal Reserve officials lowered their outlook for U.S. economic growth in 2012 and forecast that unemployment will average from 8.5 percent to 8.7 percent in the final three months of next year -vicky2005(孩子她爹); 2011-11-3 (#7037362@0)
        • A Chinese manufacturing index (PMI) dropped to the lowest level since February 2009 -vicky2005(孩子她爹); 2011-11-3 (#7037388@0)
    • that's why I never what to do any overtime work even I know I can make 1.5 times -nice2002(+7); 2011-11-3 (#7037211@0)
      • 有时不影响的,等孩子睡觉再工作.我觉得值得谴责的是有时候大人上网看电视不陪小孩,我有时就是,要好好自我检讨一下. -daydayup88(daydayup); 2011-11-3 (#7037219@0)
    • 太心灵鸡汤了 -yesiam(party time); 2011-11-3 (#7037586@0)
    • Very touching story. Thanks for sharing... now I'm shutting all my PCs including work and non-work (I'm working from home today btw). Dinner will be ready when my hubby and the little one get home. :) -tianyamingyue(明月如心); 2011-11-3 (#7037640@0)
      • :) -garlicking(蒜); 2011-11-3 (#7037679@0)
    • 绝不是生物学上的父子。这孩子不是一般的聪明，这爸爸不是一般的愚昧，还动辄angry, furious, get angry again，又那么容易crushed。让这样的挣50/hr, 这社会宽容啊。 -surebeat(你们全家都是做IT的); 2011-11-3 (#7037713@0)
      • 做人不要这么mean . -henryji(henry); 2011-11-3 (#7037724@0)
        • 你是挣50的那个？ zt而已，何必那么认真，除非 -surebeat(你们全家都是做IT的); 2011-11-3 {12} (#7037728@0)
          你对号入座。
      • +1 -wincity(红卫兵); 2011-11-3 (#7037736@0)
    • 看完这篇文章，我现在就往家赶。 -ysysning(樱桃果树); 2011-11-3 (#7037725@0)
    • 明明知道是故事，看了还是鼻子酸酸的，眼角潮潮的。人一上了年纪真不行呀。 -thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2011-11-3 (#7037772@0)
      • 还是俺坚强一些。这种粗制滥造，牵强附会的说教故事，打死俺也不会眼角潮潮的。 -wincity(红卫兵); 2011-11-3 (#7037784@0)
        • 还是你年轻啊，这一回合你赢。 -thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2011-11-3 (#7037810@0)
          • 查户口，比谁年轻啊？ -color_color(万宝全书...); 2011-11-3 (#7037850@0)
            • Welcome back! Long time no see. -thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2011-11-3 (#7037872@0)
              • 哈哈，天气冷了，打球少了，生意少了，跑这里灌水为乐啊。 -color_color(万宝全书...); 2011-11-3 (#7037889@0)
                • 原来你和ROLLOR都开店哪。自己当自己的老板，好1 -thornthorn($oOHoly MolyOo$); 2011-11-3 (#7037896@0)
                  • 我可是玩啊，Rollor 是正经开店的，不是一个数量级别的。 -color_color(万宝全书...); 2011-11-3 (#7037915@0)
        • 我想90%+的人都知道这是个故事，为什么不去体会一下故事要告诉我们的意思，而要斥之为‘粗制滥造，牵强附会的说教’？我还想到这个故事后半部：N年后爸爸老了，轮到他问儿子一小时赚多少了。。。总之我会引以为戒。 -tianyamingyue(明月如心); 2011-11-3 (#7038122@0)
          • 怎么叫“斥之为‘粗制滥造，牵强附会的说教’”？本来就是嘛。故事不合情理，道理再好都会让人觉得别扭。 -wincity(红卫兵); 2011-11-4 (#7038564@0)
    • 我孩子会问爸爸多少钱一小时，也会带着佩服的神情告诉我爸爸一小时能挣多少，他为爸爸的工作骄傲和自豪。他从来没埋怨过爸爸陪的时间少，尽管爸爸的工作时间不固定还经常加班，因为他知道爸爸的责任之一是做好自己的工作，况且，爸爸不在身边的时候，妈妈总是在。 -abetterworld(一诺得千金); 2011-11-3 (#7037851@0)
    • 孩子只有25, 为什么不只买半个小时呢? -lilianliang(彪妹); 2011-11-3 (#7037858@0)
    • 也是费了好大劲才忍住，大蒜转文不带这么赚人眼泪的。 -slowdownforrose(放慢脚步); 2011-11-3 (#7037865@0)
      • 女儿说, 我要另一个小的笔记本电脑, 还有放照片的电子相册, 从来不考虑她爹多辛苦出去赚钱. -caa(移民的孙悟空lifeisok); 2011-11-3 (#7038184@0)
    • 读到我眼泪流下来。想起我自己孩子曾对我说的。。。 -springsummerfall(雪碧); 2011-11-3 (#7038229@0)
    • 这种标题, 放在这版块, 多少次都绕道而行, 并斥之以鼻. 这次百无聊赖地点近来, 搞地不停地吸鼻. -healthy321(领导说:做人要低调.); 2011-11-4 (#7038589@0)
      • 我也是绕了几圈，才点开的。不过，很少有人能真正做到为了家庭和孩子放弃。 -springsummerfall(雪碧); 2011-11-4 (#7039255@0)
        • 哎呀, 那个故事讲的是道理, 不是做法. -healthy321(领导说:做人要低调.); 2011-11-4 (#7039322@0)
    • 上面被感动的父亲们，你们回家真陪孩子了吗？还是忙着在这灌水？ -vicky2005(孩子她爹); 2011-11-4 (#7038905@0)
      • 小时候， 不管爸爸妈妈陪不陪我，只要在家里看到他们的身影我都很高兴，心里感到很踏实， 好像有一种安全感和幸福感。 -garlicking(蒜); 2011-11-4 (#7039543@0)
    • 这小家伙真聪明，用一个小时的钱估计能换来无数小时，能让很多sales汗颜啊 -wjtyl(wjtyl); 2011-11-4 (#7039951@0)
    • Cats In The Cradle -- a song -noplacelikethis(nature); 2011-11-13 {2246} (#7064694@0)
      本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛A child arrived just the other day,
      He came to the world in the usual way.
      But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay.
      He learned to walk while I was away.
      And he was talking 'fore I knew it, and as he grew,
      He'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, dad.
      You know I'm gonna be like you."
      And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
      Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
      "When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when,
      But we'll get together then.
      You know we'll have a good time then."
      My son turned ten just the other day.
      He said, "Thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play.
      Can you teach me to throw?" I said, "Not today,
      I got a lot to do." He said, "That's ok."
      And he walked away, but his smile never dimmed,
      Said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah.
      You know I'm gonna be like him."
      And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
      Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
      "When you coming home, dad?" "I don't know when,
      But we'll get together then.
      You know we'll have a good time then."
      Well, he came from college just the other day,
      So much like a man I just had to say,
      "Son, I'm proud of you. Can you sit for a while?"
      He shook his head, and he said with a smile,
      "What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys.
      See you later. Can I have them please?"
      And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
      Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
      "When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when,
      But we'll get together then, dad.
      You know we'll have a good time then."
      I've long since retired and my son's moved away.
      I called him up just the other day.
      I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind."
      He said, "I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time.
      You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kid's got the flu,
      But it's sure nice talking to you, dad.
      It's been sure nice talking to you."
      And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,
      He'd grown up just like me.
      My boy was just like me.
      And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
      Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
      "When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when,
      But we'll get together then, dad.
      You know we'll have a good time then."更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

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