Raising children is not always going to be the easiest thing in the world. They are curious by nature and at times, they may get themselves into a difficult situation. As a parent, we do our best to make sure that they are cared for and looked after as much as possible. We are going to fall short of the mark, and that is something that all of us must face. At times, we just want an advocate to take care of the child and to teach them right from wrong. That is what happened in the following joke, when a little girl befriended some construction workers that were busy next door. Enjoy!
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, had 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 construction 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 those jerks from the lumber yard ever deliver the friggin’ sheet rock!”