What's poverty?

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A very rich man took his son to a village to show what poverty is all about :

After the trip, he asked his son about poverty...

The son replied :

We have 1 dog 🐕........... ......     They had 4....🐕🐕🐕🐕

We have a small pool....🚿....They have a long river...🏊🏊🏊🏊🏊

We've lamps.....💡 they've stars...🎇🎆

We've small piece of land.......🏠They've large fields......⛺⛺⛺⛺

We buy food.....🍟🍚🍜 They grow theirs & eat fresh.......🎑🎃🍆🍠🍍🍐🌽🍌

We have to play with computers.... They have real friends to play.....👫🚶🚶🚶.....

We have money which is supposed to make us happy.....  They have happiness hence they do not need money..😄😃😀 ......💸💶

Their fathers have time for their childrens.....👪 & Our fathers don't have.......⏰

The boy's dad was speechless.....😳

Then boy said ''Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are.

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