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sold the well and not the water to the farmer, you will have to move all the water

or pay rent to the farmer to keep the water in the well.”

The rich man realised that his play was not going to work and let the farmer
use the water from the well.

Life Skill & Values
Moral of this story

Cheating will not get you anything. If you do cheat, you'll pay for it soon enough.

Word-Meaning

ultimately : in the end, irrigate : to supply with water, disallowed : reject, predisposition

: a tendency to do something, reiterated : repeated again.

Exercise

A. Tick ( )the correct option : Concept Clarity
1. Why did the farmer go to the king's court?

(a) To complain about the weather (b) To ask for a loan

(c) To seek help with the well issue

2. What was Birbal's solution to the problem?

(a) He asked the farmer to buy a different well.

(b) He told the rich man to move all the water.

(c) He advised the farmer to find another water source.

3. Rich man sold the well to the _______ .

(a) Akbar (b) Birbal (c) Farmer

4. Who realised that his play was not going to work?

(a) Birbal (b) Akbar (c) Rich man

'T'

B. Write for true and 'F' for false against each statement : Decision Making
1. The poor farmer wanted to buy a well so he could use the water
for his land.

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