Coleitis22
03-10-2005, 10:24 AM
The 5 Year Old
Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond
formed between a little girl and some construction
workers that makes you believe that we CAN make a
difference when we give a child the gift of
our time...
A young family moved into a house, next door to
a vacant lot. One day a construction crew turned up to
start building a house on the empty lot.
The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally
took an interest in all the activity going on next
door and spent much of each day observing the
workers. Eventually the construction crew, all
> of them gems-in-the-rough, more or less adopted her
as a kind of project mascot.
They chatted with her, let her sit with them
while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her
little jobs to do here and there to make her feel
important.
At the end of the first week they even presented her
with a pay envelope containing a couple of dollars.
The little girl took this home to her mother who
suggested that they take the two dollar "pay" she had
received to the bank the next day to start a savings
account
When they got to the bank, the teller was equally
impressed and asked the little girl how she had come
by her very own pay check such a young age.
The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week
with the crew building the house next door to us."
My goodness gracious," said the teller, "and will you
be working on the house again this week, too?"
The little girl replied, "I will if those assholes at
Home Depot ever deliver the ****ing sheet rock..." :supp: :supp:
Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond
formed between a little girl and some construction
workers that makes you believe that we CAN make a
difference when we give a child the gift of
our time...
A young family moved into a house, next door to
a vacant lot. One day a construction crew turned up to
start building a house on the empty lot.
The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally
took an interest in all the activity going on next
door and spent much of each day observing the
workers. Eventually the construction crew, all
> of them gems-in-the-rough, more or less adopted her
as a kind of project mascot.
They chatted with her, let her sit with them
while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her
little jobs to do here and there to make her feel
important.
At the end of the first week they even presented her
with a pay envelope containing a couple of dollars.
The little girl took this home to her mother who
suggested that they take the two dollar "pay" she had
received to the bank the next day to start a savings
account
When they got to the bank, the teller was equally
impressed and asked the little girl how she had come
by her very own pay check such a young age.
The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week
with the crew building the house next door to us."
My goodness gracious," said the teller, "and will you
be working on the house again this week, too?"
The little girl replied, "I will if those assholes at
Home Depot ever deliver the ****ing sheet rock..." :supp: :supp: