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Long long ago, John and Tom lived in the same village. One day, John sold his well ( 井 ) to Tom. The next day, Tom went to get water from the well, John didn' t him to do so. He said, "I sold you the well, the water, so you cannot get water from the well."
Tom went to the king help. The king asked Paul, a clever man, to solve the problem." don't you let Tom use the water in the well ? " Paul asked John. John answered, "Paul, I the well to him, but I didn't sell the water in the well."
Paul said, "Look, because you sold the well to Tom, now you have no right( 权利 ) to the water in the well. you pay him to keep your water in his well, or take your water out of his well right now."
Hearing Paul's words, John that he couldn't cheat(欺骗) Tom longer.
