A Truly Heartwarming Story

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Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a> little girl and some construction workers that makes you believe that> we CAN make a difference when we give a child the gift of our time...> > A young family moved into a house, next door 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 a couple of dollars. The little girl took this> home to her mother who said all the appropriate words of admiration> and suggested that they take the two dollar "pay" she had received to> the bank the next day to start a savings account.> > When they 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 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 _ucking sheet rock..."> > Kind of brings a tear to the eye.