How Poor Are We?

One day a rich father took his son on a trip to the countryside, with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be.

They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son,

"How do you think was the trip, my son?"

"Very good Dad!" replied the son.

"Did you see how poor people can be?"

"Yeah !"

"And what did you learn?" the father asked.

The son answered,

"I saw that we have one dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that is hundred meters long, they have a stream that has no end. We have fifty imported lamps in our garden, they have countless shining stars. Our terrace reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horizon."

When the little boy was finishing, his father was speechless.

His son concluded, "Thanks Dad, for showing me how poor we are!"

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