Kiddie Joke

Hagar · 23-10-2004 9:10am #1

One day a construction crew arrives next door to a young family to build another house. The family's six-year-old daughter naturally takes an interest, and begins hanging around the site. Eventually the brickies adopt her as a kind of mascot – chatting to her and giving her errands to run. Then, at the end of the week, they present her with a pay envelope containing a fiver. Excitedly, the little girl runs home to her mother, who suggests they take it to the bank. Running straight up to the pay-in desk, the little girl thrusts her wages over the counter. ‘I earned this building a house,’ she beams, proudly. ‘For a whole week.’ ‘Goodness!’ smiles the teller. ‘And will you be building it next week, too?’ ‘Yes,’ says the little girl. ‘If the fúcking bricks ever get delivered.’