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.

一天，一个豪门之家的父亲带着儿子去乡村游玩，他的首要目的是让儿子看看那里人们的生活是多么的贫穷。他们待了几天，晚上就住在农场上的一个赤贫之家。

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"

在他们的返程途中，父亲问儿子；“旅程结束有什么感想？”

"It was great, Dad."

“感觉不错呢，爸爸。”

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

“你看到穷人们是怎么生活了吧？”父亲问道

"Oh yeah," said the son.

“当然”儿子答道

"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

“那你说说，你从中学到了什么？”父亲说道。

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.

儿子回答： “我们家有一条狗，而他们有四条，我们的泳池的边界到花园的一半，他们的溪流没有尽头。我们花园里有进口的灯笼，他们晚上能看到满天的繁星。

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