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Here's a heartwarming story about the lesson learned by a little girl and
construction workers that makes you believe that we CAN make a difference
when we give a child the gift of our attention,

A young family moved into a house next to a vacant lot.

Soon after, a construction crew came and began 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, more or less adopted her as a kind of
project mascot. First, they chatted with her, and she would sit with them
while they had their coffee and lunch breaks. Soon they got her a little
construction hard-hat and gave her little jobs to do around the site to make
her feel she was part of the crew.

At the end of the first week they were so taken with her bubbly enthusiasm
that they presented her with a pay envelope containing a five-dollar check
as encouragement.

The little girl proudly showed her pay check to her mother, who said all
the appropriate words of admiration and encouragement and, to further the
lesson, suggested that they take her check to the bank and start a savings
account.

At the bank the next day, 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 the crew
building the house next door to us."

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 assholes at Home Depot ever
deliver the fucking sheet rock."