Posted by TerryS (198.133.22.71) on May 26, 2001 at 21:45:03:
> How Poor We Are
>
> One day a father and his rich family took his son to a trip to the country
with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be.
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> 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 was the trip?"
>
> "Very good Dad!" "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.
>
> "Yeah!"
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> "And what did you learn?"
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> The son answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden, they have a creek
that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars.
Our patio reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horizon." When the
little boy was finishing, his father was speechless.
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> His son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are!"
>
> ~Author Unknown