Story : No Time For Children by William Barclay

    A young man stood before a judge to be sentenced for cheating and forgery. The judge had been a great friend of the boy's father, who was famous for his books on the law.

  "Young man, "said the judge sternly, "do you remember your father, that father whom you have disgraced?"
    "I remember him perfectly, "the young man answered quietly. "Whenever I went to him for advice, whenever I went to him for companionship, he would always say, 'Go away, boy. Be off with you. I'm busy.'
    "My father finished his famous book.. and here I am."


--William Barclay