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    The Farmer and The Well

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    A farmer bought a well from his neighbor but the next day, the neighbor refused to let the farmer draw water from the well, claiming he had only sold the well and not the water. When the farmer appealed to the emperor for help, the wise courtier Birbal questioned the neighbor and exposed his cunning deception, showing that by selling the well he had implicitly also sold the right to the water within it.

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    A farmer bought a well from his neighbor but the next day, the neighbor refused to let the farmer draw water from the well, claiming he had only sold the well and not the water. When the farmer appealed to the emperor for help, the wise courtier Birbal questioned the neighbor and exposed his cunning deception, showing that by selling the well he had implicitly also sold the right to the water within it.

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    A farmer bought a well from his neighbor but the next day, the neighbor refused to let the farmer draw water from the well, claiming he had only sold the well and not the water. When the farmer appealed to the emperor for help, the wise courtier Birbal questioned the neighbor and exposed his cunning deception, showing that by selling the well he had implicitly also sold the right to the water within it.

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    A farmer bought a well from his neighbor but the next day, the neighbor refused to let the farmer draw water from the well, claiming he had only sold the well and not the water. When the farmer appealed to the emperor for help, the wise courtier Birbal questioned the neighbor and exposed his cunning deception, showing that by selling the well he had implicitly also sold the right to the water within it.

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    The Farmer and the Well

    The Moral

    Cheating will not get you anything. If you cheat, you’ll pay soon enough.
    One day, a farmer was looking for a water source for his farm, when he bought a well from
    his neighbor. The neighbor, however, was cunning. The next day, as the farmer came to
    draw water from his well, the neighbor refused to let him take any water.

    When the farmer asked why, the neighbor replied, “I sold you the well, not the water,” and
    walked away. Distraught, the farmer went to the emperor to ask for justice. He explained
    what had happened.

    The emperor called on Birbal, one of his nine, and wisest, courtiers. Birbal proceeded to
    question the neighbor, “Why don’t you let the farmer take water from the well? You did
    sell the well to the farmer?”
    The neighbor replied, “Birbal, I did sell the well to the farmer but not the water within it.
    He has no right to draw water from the well.”

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