A young family moved into a house that was next door to an empty plot of land

Not long after, a group of builders turned up to start building on the plot.

The family's five-year-old daughter took an interest in all the activity going on next door and started talking to the workmen. She hung around and eventually the builders adopted the little girl as a sort of project mascot. They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had tea and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important. They even gave the girl her very own hard hat and gloves, which thrilled her immensely.

At the end of the first week, the smiling builders presented her with an envelope - containing two pounds in 10p coins. The little girl took her 'pay' home to her mother who suggested that they take the money to the bank the next day to open a savings account.

At the bank, the female cashier was listening to the little girl tell her about her “work” on the building site and the fact she had a “pay packet”. “You must have worked very hard to earn all this,” said the cashier.

The little girl proudly replied, “Yes, I worked every day with Gary, Kevin and Bob. We're building a big house.”

“Oh wow,” said the cashier, “and will you be working on the house again next week?”

The child thought for a moment. Then replied: “I hope so. Provided those wankers at Jewsons deliver the fucking bricks.”