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One day, a farmer was looking for a water source for his farm. So, he went to his neighbor and asked him if he could sell his well水井）to him. His neighbor ____. The farmer bought the well happily. But the neighbor was a cunning（狡猾的）man.

The next day, as the farmer came to get water from his well, his neighbor came and ____ to let him take any water. The farmer was ____. He asked, “Why can’t I take water? I already bought the well _____ you.”

The neighbor replied, “I sold you the well not the water.”

The farmer went to the emperor to ___  justice（公正）. He explained what had happened.

The emperor called on Birbal, his _____ courtier（朝臣）

Birbal asked the ____, “Why don’t you let the farmer take water from the well? You did sell the well to the farmer.”

The neighbor ____,  “I did sell the well to the farmer, but not the water in it. Therefore, he has no right to get water from the well.”

Birbal asked them to come later.

The next day, all went to the place where the well was. There Birbal said to the neighbor, “Look, you are ____ right, and you sold the well not the water. ____ you sold the well not the water, you have no right to keep the water in the farmer’s well. Now you have two ____: Either you pay a high rent（租金）to the farmer ____ take it out immediately” The neighbor realized that his plan had ____. He said ____ to the farmer and went home quickly.

Cheating will not get you ____. If you cheat, you will pay soon enough.