Reading Content Quiz

Act 2. Reading Content Quiz

The hours that count in my life

by Martin Smith

Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our

everyday moments. However, time never had any

importance in my life until I received a watch from my

father that organized my life and made me more

responsible.

It came from Denmark to the United Arab Emirates

(U.A.E.) jewelry shop in a gray box. It weighs 8 oz. It’s

round in the center with two silver bands that go around

my wrist. And all of it is made of silver. This object tells

me the importance of time in my life.

I received this gift on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to pick up my

Uncle Ali and take him to my father's house. However, I was late because I was hanging

out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 AM, I remembered my uncle, but I

was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father's house.

I got to my father's house at 2:00 PM on the same

day and looked at my angry father's face. I felt

ashamed of myself at that moment. After I said hi

to my angry father and tired uncle, my father

asked me to sit next to him where he handed me

this watch which was a gift from him. Then he

said, "Martin did you have fun with your friends

today?" I answered, "Yes father, and I'm sorry

about not picking up my Uncle Ali." He said,

"What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions." I was ashamed

and said, "Father I'll never do it again. I promise." He said, "I hope today you learned

something important, and this watch will be a reminder for you." He told me to take this

watch and use it as an organizer of my life.

I learned a very important lesson from my father: to respect time and never be late to get

someone. This watch is important to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson

that I learned from it.

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