Once upon a time in a certain village, there was a man with his family. This man was very rich. There was another family in the same village but was poor. The rich man had one child and the poor one had also one child, but the poor family was happier.
The rich man’s child had all the basic needs and all the resources to be taken to school. But the poor family’s child had almost nothing to take him to school since the parents had to sell food from the garden to pay for his school fees. The poor family’s child barely managed to attend school. Nevertheless, he was happy to go to school and determined to work hard and get out of poverty. His dream was to study, then get a job, earn enough money, and construct a better house for the parents.
One day, the son of the rich man started misbehaving at school. The school authorities expelled him out of their school. The rich father went to school to pay since he was rich and could afford. But the poor child knew his condition and hence the reason why he was at school. So, he studied very well, then later when school closed, the poor family’s child asked the rich man’s child that “how were your studies at school” and the rich man’s child told him that
it was fine “but, I didn’t complete the whole of this term because I misbehaved and was chased from school”.
Then, the poor family’s child told him that “but why do you misbehave yet you know that you went to study”. Then the poor family’s child advised the rich family’s child that “please when you go to school always concentrate because that is your future. Don’t think that the money that your father has is yours”. Then the rich child replied to him that “I know my father will give me my share that is why I’m not bothered about studies because if my father gives me my share, I will be already rich”. As time went by, the rich child started destroying people’s properties. His father could come and pay since they had money, but the poor child was so humble and happy with his family.
The village called for a meeting to see what they could do for this child that was stealing and disorganizing the village, but his parents didn’t come. They instead sent money to the chairman to silence the community. Meanwhile the boy was not going to school, but the poor child was improving on his grades at school. One day, as the rich man was going to work, he got an accident and was taken to the hospital. No one from the village came to visit him. He thought that since he was rich, people would come but they didn’t. This annoyed him and made him think a lot about his behavior in the community, and how he needed to make changes. Though he was able to pay the hospital bill, he still needed family and friends around, which money cannot buy him. The lesson he learnt from the accident forced him to change his ways. He stated greeting people and attending village meetings when invited. He apologized for his previous behavior. Everyone was surprised.