One
night, when Tenali Raman and his wife were about to sleep, they heard the sound
of rustling of leaves coming from outside. There was not even the slightest
breeze blowing at that time, so he presumed that there were some thieves hiding
in the bushes.
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He also
understood that they must be planning to rob his house in the night. So he
thought of a plan said loudly to his wife, “My dear, I have heard that some
notorious thieves are on loose in our neighbourhood. So let’s hide all the
jewellery and money that we have in the well.”
A
little later, Tenali Raman and his wife came out of the house carrying a big
trunk and dropped it into the well. Then they went back inside the house and
pretended to go off to sleep. The thieves waited for a while and then started
drawing water from the well. They hoped to empty the well and get the treasure.
The thieves kept drawing out water the entire night.
Towards
the day break, they managed to pull out the trunk, and when they opened it,
they were extremely shocked and disappointed the see only some big stones in it.
They understood that it was Tenali Ram’s plan to outsmart them. Just then,
Tenali Raman came out of his house and said, “Thank you friends, for watering my
plants. I must pay you for your labour.” Hearing this, the thieves fell at
Tenali’s feet for forgiveness.
Tenali
Raman then let them go when they promised not to steal anyone ever again.
The
End.
