[Users] How poor are we?

[Jeffrey Shockley]

Sure does...
---- John Holcomb II <jh926 at comcast.net> wrote: 
> 	One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip
> to the country
> 
> 	with the express purpose of showing him 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 aske
> 
> '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.' 
> 
> 	Makes ya think, doesn't it ?
> 
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