One day, a man got lost walking in the desert. The next day, he was still lost. After two days under the scorching sun, he was very thirsty. All of a sudden, he saw a little wooden shed. He ran to it, thinking of only one thing - Water! When he arrived there, he saw an old, rusty water pump sticking from the ground. He gripped the handle and began pumping like a mad man. But nothing came out. Disappointed, he stepped back and thought about how to make it work. Looking around, he saw a jug covered with dust. When he grabbed it, he saw a piece of paper stuck on it. The message read, “Open this jug and you’ll find water. Don’t drink it. Pour it instead on the pump and you’ll have all the water you want.”
He popped the cork.
True enough, the jug was filled with water - lovely, thirst-quenching water.
The thirsty man had not drunk water for two whole days. His mouth was so dry; his tongue was sticking to the roof of his mouth. He was literally dying of thirst. And he was now holding a jug full of water. But the message said that he should throw it away!
For a moment, his heart was torn.
What if the message was a joke? A cruel prank? What if he poured the water on that rusty pump and nothing happened?
But the man chose to take the risk.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and poured the water. He held the handle and pumped like crazy. A few seconds later, torrents of water gushed out. Indeed, he had more water than he could ever need!
He drank to his heart content. He also found water containers to take with him in his journey and filled them up to the brim. But before leaving the place, he filled the jug with water and underneath the sign attached to it, he scribbled, “I tried it. Believe me, it works."
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