Little girl's 1st paycheck
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05-03-2007 | 06:12 PM
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Little girl's 1st paycheck
Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a
little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that will make you
believe that we all can make a difference when we give a child the gift
of our time:
A young family moved into a house, next 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 ten dollars.
The little girl took this home to her mother who suggested that she
take her ten dollars "pay" she'd received to the bank the next day to
start a savings account. When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the
teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come
by her very own pay check at such a young age.
The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with a real work
crew building the new house next door to us." "Oh 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 thosejag-offs at Home Depot ever
deliver the F_ _ _ _ _n' sheet rock..."[/align]
little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that will make you
believe that we all can make a difference when we give a child the gift
of our time:
A young family moved into a house, next 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 ten dollars.
The little girl took this home to her mother who suggested that she
take her ten dollars "pay" she'd received to the bank the next day to
start a savings account. When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the
teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come
by her very own pay check at such a young age.
The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with a real work
crew building the new house next door to us." "Oh 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 thosejag-offs at Home Depot ever
deliver the F_ _ _ _ _n' sheet rock..."[/align]
#10
05-04-2007 | 04:44 AM
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From: Home of the Alamo
RE: Little girl's 1st paycheck
I got suckered the first time I read it too.. 
Except for the cussing, it instantly reminded me of my 5 yo. That girl is a small keg of TNT... one that goes off several times a week. [:-]
Except for the cussing, it instantly reminded me of my 5 yo. That girl is a small keg of TNT... one that goes off several times a week. [:-]