买来的爸爸(双语)

　　一名男子工作到很晚才回家,拖着一身的疲惫与不满.进了家,发现他5岁的儿子正在房门等他.

　　"爸爸,我能问你一个问题吗?"

　　"当然可以,说吧."男子答道.

　　"爸爸,你每个小时能赚多少钱呢?"

　　"这不关你的事,为什么你要问这样的问题?"男子有些生气地说.

　　"我就是想知道嘛.求你了,告诉我吧,你每小时能赚多少钱?"小男孩央求着.

　　"如果你真的要知道也行,我每小时赚20美元."

　　"哎~"小男孩低着头说.抬起头后,他问:"爸爸,你能借我10美元吗?"

　　这会儿男子发怒了,吼道:"如果你问我问题唯一的理由,就是能从我这借到钱然后拿去买一个愚蠢的玩具和其他无聊的东西的话,那么我劝你最好马上回你房间睡觉.想想为什么你会这么自私,我每天辛苦地工作,难道就是为了你这些幼稚的行为吗?"

　　小男孩安静地回房,关上门.那名男子坐了下来,对小男孩问的问题更生气了,心想:他怎么敢为了点钱而问这样的问题?大约过了半个小时,男子冷静下来,开始想:也许儿子真的要用这10美元去买他需要的东西,而且他很少开口要零花钱.

　　男子走到小男孩的房间,打开门.

　　"儿子,你睡着了吗?"他问,

　　"还没呢,爸爸."小男孩答道.

　　"我想了很久,也许刚才我对你太刻薄了."男子说."过了这么久我才消气,这是你要的10块钱."

　　小男孩马上坐了起来,满脸笑容."哇!谢谢你,爸爸!"他大声叫道.然后,他从枕头下面摸出几张起皱了的钞票.爸爸看见小男孩已经有了钱,又开始生气了.小男孩慢慢地数钱,然后抬起头看着爸爸.

　　"你已经有钱了,为什么还想要这么多?"爸爸抱怨道.

　　"因为我原来的钱还不够,可现在我够了."小男孩答道."爸爸,我现在已经有20美元了.我可以买下你的一个小时吗?请你明天早点回家,我想和你一起吃晚餐."

原文：

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son 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?”

“That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily.

“I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy.

“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 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 every day for such 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 $10you 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, 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.”传神 翻译论坛 翻译社区  bbs.transn.com