《分享的快樂》～ 共享共榮
有一個小鎮，所有的居民都以種玉米維生。 其中有一位農夫種的玉米，每年都得獎， 除了把自己的農作物照顧得很好之外， 他還有一個祕訣：他會把自己田裡的好的種子分給附近的農夫。
農夫連續四年都得到冠軍，引發了記者的好奇心。
記者問老農夫是否有什麼特殊的種子別人無法擁有?
老農夫說，這種子是我特別篩選出來沒錯，但我都把他分送給我的鄰居一起種植。
記者不解。 又問說，你既然已分送給鄰居一樣優秀的玉米種子，那為什麼你種出來的玉米品質比別人都好?
農夫回答，因為玉米的授粉靠蜂媒播種，蜜蜂會在隔壁玉米田間飛來飛去傳播花粉，只有我的玉米田四周圍都是一樣最優秀的玉米授粉源，才能收穫最優秀的玉米果實。所以，當農夫把好的種子分享給周遭的人，提高大家的玉米品質後,自己只要再多費點心，他種出來的玉米依然還是最好的。
而我分享給隔壁鄰居的優良玉米種子，他們都只留著自己用，沒有分享出去，無法收穫最優秀的玉米果實。
資料來源：《http://adoresdesigner.blogspot.com/2017/03/givers-gain.html》
Whoopee in the Cornfields
A farmer in Nebraska won the state fair four times in a row with his corn. Nobody had ever done that before, so the paper sent someone out to interview him.
The reporter asked, “What is your secret? Do you use special corn seed?”
The farmer said, “Absolutely. I develop my own corn seed, and that’s an important aspect of it.”
“Well, then, that’s your secret,” said the reporter. “You plant a type of corn that’s different from your neighbors.”
“No, I also give it to my neighbors,” said the farmer.
“You give it to your neighbors?” asked the incredulous reporter. “Why in the world would you give your award-winning corn to your neighbors?”
“The farmer said, “Well, you’ve got to understand how corn is pollinated. It’s pollinated from neighboring fields. And if you’ve got fields around you that don’t have this top-quality corn, your field is not going to grow top-quality corn either. But if my neighbor’s field has this really strong corn, I have awesome corn. And that’s how I’ve won at the Nebraska State Fair the last four years in a row.”
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