Adapted from Hugh T. Kerr
Home is the place where first lessons are learned
And it is the place where much of what you do, you do for love.
There was once a boy named Bradley. W hen he was about eight years old, he fell into the habit of thinking of
everything in terms of money. He wanted to know the price of everything he saw, and if it didn ’t cost a great deal, it did
not seem to him to be worth anything at all.
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But there are a great many things money cannot buy. And some of them are the best things in the world.
One morning when Bradley came down to breakfast, he put a little piece of paper, neatly folded on his mother’s plate.
His mother opened it, and she could hardly believe it, but this is what her son had written:
Mother owes Bradley:
For running errands:
3 dollars
For taking out trash:
2 dollars
For sweeping the floor: 2 dollars
Extras: 1 dollar
Total that Mother owes Bradley:
8 dollars
His mother smiled when she read that, but she did not say anything. W hen lunchtime came she put the bill on
Bradley ’s plate along with eight dollars. Bradley ’s eyes lit up when he saw the money. He stuffed it into his pocket as fast
as he could and started dreaming about what he would buy with his reward.
All at once he saw there was another piece of paper beside his plate, neatly folded, like the first one. W hen he opened
it up, he found it was a bill from his mother. It read:
Bradley owes Mother:
For being good to him Nothing UTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
For nursing him through his chicken pox Nothing
For shirts and shoes and toys
Nothing
For meals and beautiful room
Nothing
Total that Bradley owes Mother:
Nothing
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out of his pocket and placed them in his mother ’s hand. And after that, he helped his mother for love.
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