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by A-mao
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儿子是pokemoncard迷。有了几十张还不够,一直觊觎着姐姐的几十张。可这姐姐也是人大心性还没长大,就是要留着自己玩。高兴了,还和弟弟trade几张。姐姐平常都放在自己的抽屉里,弟弟看不见,也就没动那心事。昨天可好,姐姐玩完了,居然就放在自己房间的书桌上。弟弟先到家,隔着房门看见了,自然是遛进去,挑了张“值钱”的。恰好这时姐姐回家,姐弟俩是吵翻了天。弟弟自然是理亏,把卡还给姐姐,自己气得关起门来,等老爸老妈帮忙呢。
到吃晚饭的时候了,老爸一看儿子没来,忙问怎么回事,女儿才说明前因后果。老爸只好上门让儿子下来,好说歹说,让儿子开了门,一起下楼。老爸知道这卡的事,还是不提为上,毕竟是儿子没理。谁知这儿子一看老爸不帮,脾气照发,不吃饭!老爸说:“You better eat your dinner.Otherwise, you may have no time to play with your friend later.”
儿子正等借口呢,这不,就一扭头,回自己房间去了。
老爸一看,计上心来:悄悄走到大门口,把门打开,揿了一下门铃,再把门故意弄出点声音,大声说:“Spencer(儿子朋友的名字,天天来找儿子玩video game.), XXXX has not finished his dinner. You can come later.”然后是关门的响声。
老爸回到厨房,女儿笑弯了腰,悄悄给老爸说:“That's how you trick him? You are cheating!”
儿子在楼上听到了大门口的事,气得大发脾气,跳脚呢,整个房子都震动了。老爸和儿子以前有条款:跳脚,损害房子,每次罚款十块。所以,老爸二话没说,上楼,打开儿子的房门,把他的小被子拿起来,牵着儿子下楼,送到garage: “Ok, you are going to sleep heretonight since you damamged my house.” 然后,把儿子关到了garage。
儿子干嚎了一阵子,看老妈也没有解围的意思,就干脆不哭了。等没了动静,老爸给老妈一个眼色,老妈就去garage: “Enough now? Go to say sorry to your daddy.”
“Daddy is not going to let me in.”人家还是有自知之明。
“Your choice, either sleep in the garage or 10 dollars penalty.” 老爸发话了。
一听要交十块的罚款,心痛啊,又哭起来了。老爸老妈由他哭。没人睬,人家干脆跑到楼上哭。老爸吃完了晚饭,上楼,看见人家躺在走廊里,两眼看着天花板发呆呢。
“Any decision yet? I am waiting. Now I am going to take a shower. After shower, you have to tell me your decision.”
老妈上来,接着说:“You better pay 10 dollars. I can take the money out from your money bag.”
“No! You can't make decision for me. ”人家还是有“当家作主”的气慨的。
等老爸洗完,出来一看,人家把money bag里的钱全倒出来,在数钱呢。看老爸出来,给了老爸十块:一张五块,三张一块,还有一把coin。他那张2-dollar的票子是无论如何不给老爸地。
“Ok, now, you can sleep in your room tonight. ”老爸也懒得和他论理,就走开了。儿子也随老妈出门,和小朋友一起骑自行车去了。
晚上老爸从办公室回来,儿子一脸高兴:“I found 20 dollars in the draw I lost long time ago.”
老爸知道他前不久丢了20块,八成是和他老妈借来借去,搞忘了。估计八成是老妈给他的补偿,也懒得管他们的事。问了一下儿子:“How much doyou have now? You paid 10 dollars penalty today. So you can pay me morepenalty in the future, huh.”
儿子把钱取出来,数了一遍,整70呢。老爸从自己钱包里掏了5块给他:“This is what I owe you for thetooth.(儿子刚掉了一颗牙。我们的合同是他天天摇下来,不用牙医拔,就奖励5块,外加toothfairy的两块,是7块钱一颗呢。)。 Youbetter not waste your money like today. ” 老爸顺手把两块钱的硬币给了女儿。
都说头上长两个旋涡的孩子比较横。看来俺和儿子的“战争”将是一场“持久战”。