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
live. 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 live?” the father asked.
“Oh yeah,” said the son.
“So, tell me, 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.”
The boy’s father was speechless.
Then his son added, “Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are.”
“It was great, Dad.”
“Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked.
“Oh yeah,” said the son.
“So, tell me, 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.”
The boy’s father was speechless.
Then his son added, “Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are.”
5 comments:
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according to this story they show about the life style of poor people. we should know about the poor life, and should help them if we can.
Between rich and pool people are very different. I beleive that what is the rich people don't have, is real relationship by their friends. Rich people always depend on their property to protect them every time. And they never have friends to help them when they meet the problem.
Between rich and pool people are very different. I beleive that what is the rich people don't have, is real relationship by their friends. Rich people always depend on their property to protect them every time. And they never have friends to help them when they meet the problem.
How the poor live is the main point of story. We demonstrate how the different between poor and rich people are. Rich people might not much relationship with other people because they depend on their property,so they felt lonely when they were in trouble. On the other hand, poor people have friends because friend relationship is essential for them. Therefore, they can depend on their friends when they had trouble.
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