The hole kept filling with water and Farmer Brown had had enough. He threw the spade away and climbed out.
‘I just don’t understand it!’he shouted.
Neighbour, Farmer Turner, stared over the fence and said, ‘it’s a natural spring. Never gonna stop flowin’.’
Farmer Brown stormed away and told his wife. She sent away some of the water to be tested.
Months later, the results came back; high in minerals.
‘This is our fortune!’ Farmer Brown’s wife cried, ‘bottled drinking water!’
And years later, they retired early and deeply wealthy, leaving their mineral water bottling company to their children.
(Inspired by; https://rochellewisoff.com/2018/05/30/8-june-2018/ with thanks).
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