One time there was a little village in the mountains of Italy where the
people grew grapes. The mountain sides were covered with vineyards and
each family in the community contributed to the making of wine. It was
some of the finest wine in the world. Each village had a number of
different recipes. Each family would bring their wine to the center of
town and pour it into one large keg. As a result, the wine was a mixture
of many recipes which made it very unique.
One particular year the weather did not cooperate and the vineyards did
not produce an abundance of grapes. One of the wine makers decided that
since things would be tight that year he would sell his wine elsewhere. He
then filled his barrel with water and poured it into the town keg,
thinking that one barrel of water in the gigantic keg would go unnoticed
and not impact the outcome of the wine.
The wine in the keg aged for seven years. At the end of seven years the
villagers all gathered around that particular keg to sell their wine to
merchants who had come from all over the world. The entire community
depended on the sale of their wine to provide for them until the next
season. The villagers gathered around the giant keg and it was tapped. A
pitcher was placed at the tap and out came nothing but pure water. It
seemed that everyone in the village that year had the same idea and none
had put in wine. Since everyone held back there was no wine to sell.
The villagers refused to share their wine with their neighbors and
consequently no one ended up with anything.
people grew grapes. The mountain sides were covered with vineyards and
each family in the community contributed to the making of wine. It was
some of the finest wine in the world. Each village had a number of
different recipes. Each family would bring their wine to the center of
town and pour it into one large keg. As a result, the wine was a mixture
of many recipes which made it very unique.
One particular year the weather did not cooperate and the vineyards did
not produce an abundance of grapes. One of the wine makers decided that
since things would be tight that year he would sell his wine elsewhere. He
then filled his barrel with water and poured it into the town keg,
thinking that one barrel of water in the gigantic keg would go unnoticed
and not impact the outcome of the wine.
The wine in the keg aged for seven years. At the end of seven years the
villagers all gathered around that particular keg to sell their wine to
merchants who had come from all over the world. The entire community
depended on the sale of their wine to provide for them until the next
season. The villagers gathered around the giant keg and it was tapped. A
pitcher was placed at the tap and out came nothing but pure water. It
seemed that everyone in the village that year had the same idea and none
had put in wine. Since everyone held back there was no wine to sell.
The villagers refused to share their wine with their neighbors and
consequently no one ended up with anything.
--Source unknown
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