Tenali Raman's story - continued

Tenali Raman guessed their plan correctly. He thought he should make use of these thieves in a paroper way instead of fighting with them.

"Opportunities won't come always. Whenever an opportunity knocks at your door you should make use of it." He told his wife.

His wife did not understand what he had meant. She was not as clever as her husband. Tenali Rama whispered his idea to his wife, and she was proud of her intelligent husband. When she understood his plan she held back her laughter and acted accordingly. Children, can you guess what he had said to her? You will know it later.

"I think keeping the gold and the cash inside the house is not at all safe these days. There is no security in the home. I have a brilliant idea. Let us keep all our valuables in a trunk and lock it up nicely. Then we should throw it into the well. No thieves will ever think of finding the valuables inside the well. So even if any intelligent thief comes he won't find our valuables. So dear, hurry up," said Tenali Raman to his wife loudly.

Both Raman and his wife quickly packed the trunk with a veavy stone and threw it into the well, and went to sleep.

"Oh, now we can sleep peacefully!" said Tenali Raman loudly eough for the two thieves outside to hear.

They put off the lights and went to bed, waiting for the dawn to arise soon.

Now children, would you be able to sleep peacefully if you knew the thieves were waiting outside to rob you? Let's see what happens the next day.