how poor we are - كم نحن فقراء

في احدي الايام اصطحب والد من احد العائلات الغنية ابنه
الصغير الي رحلة لكي يجعل ابنه يشاهد كيف يعيش الفقراء
و قضيا يومين في مزرعة لافقر العائلات

و اثناء العودة من الرحلة , سال الاب ابنه : كيف كانت الرحلة ؟

اجاب الولد : كانت رائعة يا ابي

و سأله ايضا : هل رأيت كيف يعيش الفقراء ؟

فأجاب : نعم لقد رأيت

فسأل الاب مرة اخري : اخبرني ماذا تعلمت من هذه القصة ؟

فأجاب الابن : لقد رأيت اننا نملك كلب واحد بل هم يمتلكون اربعة واننا نمتلك حوض سباحة صغير في وسط البيت و هم لديهم جول لا نهاية له, و نحن نستورد مصابيح لاضاءة ليلنا و هم لديهم النجوم لتضيأها لهم , نمتلك فقط الحديقة الامامية لبيتنا و هم يمتلكون الافق كله, نعيش فقط علي قطعة ارض صغيرة و لكنهم يعيشون في اراضي ابعد من نرمي بصرنا نمتلك خدم لخدمتنا و لكنهم يخدمون الاخرين , نشتري طعامنا و لكنهم يزرعونه
لدينا حوائط عالية لحمايتنا و هم لديهم الاصدقاء وظل الاب صامتا متعجبا

شكرا يا ابي لانك جعلتني ادرك كم نحن الفقراء

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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 the 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 yes”, 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 the 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 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.”