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Sold only the Well not the Water!

Once a man called Shah sold his well to a farmer.

On the next day, the farmer came to take water from the well to irrigate his paddy.

Suddenly Shah appeared and told the farmer to stop.

The farmer stopped and asked why?

Shah replied in an assertive voice “I sold you only the well, not the water inside the well”.

The farmer was shocked and said “This is not fair, please don't cheat me”

But Shah mercilessly said, “The water inside the well belongs to me, so you have no right to use them.”

The farmer left the paddy sadly for being cheated.

On the next day, the farmer went to King Akbar’s court and he said everything that happened to him.

Immediately king Akbar summoned Birbal and ordered him to deal with this matter quickly and inform him back.

Birbal summoned Shah and asked for the detail, He still said “I sold only the well to the farmer, not the water, so the farmer has no right to use the water from the well.”

Birbal smiled and thought for some time.

He told to Shah “ You are correct! The water belongs to you. Since you sold the well to this farmer. You have no right to keep your water in his well. Please remove all the water from the well or pay rent to this farmer for keeping water in his well.”

Now Shah realised he made a big mistake. He ran into King Akbar and begged pardon for his mistake and assured him he will never do this mistake again.

The Farmer thanked Birbal and King Akbar appreciated and rewarded Birbal for his brilliant judgement.