7-HIKOYA
TRUE WEALTH
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with
the purpose of showing his son how the poor people live so he could be thankful for his
wealth.
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 can be?” the father asked.
- “Oh yeah” said the son.
- “So 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.”
With this the boy’s father was speechless. Then his son added, “Thanks dad for showing me
how poor we are.”
HAQIQIY BOYLIK
Bir kuni juda boy bo'lgan oilada otasi o'z o'g'lini mamlakat bo'ylab
sayohatga olib
chiqdi, shu maqsad bilanki, o'z o'g'liga kambag'al odamlar qanday yashayotganini ko'rsatib,
natijada o'z boyligiga shukr qiladigan bo'lsin.
Ular juda kambag'al deb hisoblangan oilaning fermasida ikki kechayu kunduzni
o'tkazdilar.
Safardan qaytishda otasi o'g'lidan so'radi,
- Sayohat qanday bo'ldi?
- Juda ajoyib bo'ldi, Dada.
- Ko'rdingmi kambag'al odamlar qanday bo'lar ekan?, deb so'radi otasi.
- Ha, dedi o'g'li.
- Xo'sh, sayohatdan nimani o'rganding ?, so'radi otasi.
O'g'li esa javob berdi: Men shuni ko'rdimki,
bizda bitta kuchuk bor, ammo ularda
to'rtta kuchuk bor ekan. Bizda hovuz bor, u bog'imizning o'rtasigacha yetadi, ammo ularda
esa dengiz bor, uning oxiri yo'q. Biz bog'imizga chiroqlar keltirganmiz, ammo ularning esa
kechasi yulduzlari bor ekan. Bizning ayvonimiz hovlining
oldigacha yetib borgan, ammo
ular uchun butun ufq bor ekan. Bizda yashash uchun bir parcha yer bor,
ammo ularning
dalalari esa bizning ko'rish nigohimizdan ham uzoqda. Bizda xizmat qiluvchi
xizmatkorlarimiz bor, ammo ular esa boshqarga xizmat qilar ekan.
Biz oziq-ovqatimizni
xarid qilamiz, ammo ular uni o'stiradilar. Bizda o'zimizni himoya qilish uchun hovli-
mulkimiz
atrofida devor bor; ularda esa o'zlarini himoya qilishlari uchun do'stlari bor.
Shu bilan bolaning otasi jim-jit bo'lib qoldi. Keyin o'g'il yana qo'shib qo'ydi:
"Rahmat dada, bizning naqadar kambag'alligimizni ko'rsatganingiz uchun."
