Poor {Insp}

"Poor"

One day a father of a very wealthy family took
his son on a trip to the country with the firm
purpose of showing his son how poor people
can be. They spent a couple of days and nights
on the farm of what would be considered a very
poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked
his son, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people can be?" the
father asked.
"Oh Yeah" said the son.
"So what did you learn from the trip?" asked
the father.

The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog,
and they had four. We have a pool that reaches
to the middle of our garden, and they have a
creek that has no end. We have imported
lanterns in our garden, and they have the stars
at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard
and, they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on, and
they have fields that go beyond our sight. We
have servants who serve us, but they serve
others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect
us, they have friends to protect them."

With this the boy's father was speechless. Then
his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me
how poor we are."
Received on Sun Jan 1 09:39:05 2006