Tenali Raman had a lush green garden in his backyard. Once upon a time, Tenali got so busy in the royal court, that he couldn’t find time to take care of his garden. As a result, the garden started withering. A few days later, Tenali Raman spotted a few suspicious people hiding behind a bush nearby. Tenali understood that they are the thieves planning to rob his house soon. Tenali made a plan. He went inside the house and came out dragging a heavy box. He dragged that box up to the well in his garden and dumped it into the well. “No one can think that I am hiding my precious jewels in this well.” Said Tenali and started waiting for the night. On the other hand, thieves were very happy.

At night, the thieves entered the garden and directly went to the well. A vertex of the box was visible to them. Without wasting time, the thieves started fetching the water from the well in an order to empty it. When the box was clearly visible, a thief climbed down the well and pulled the box out of it. To their astonishment, the box was filled with pebbles. The thieves understood that they have been fooled by Tenali Rama. They ran away as fast as they could. However, Tenali’s garden became lush again as the thieves poured a lot of water into it.