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Shashi Shekhara got carried away by his The officers at the entrance stopped him
friends’ words and recklessly went to but he replied arrogantly.
swim in the well on a full moon night.

I am your ruler now and the
land belongs to me. I can
make the rules as easily as
I can destroy them. Nobody
can stop me.

He pushed the
officers aside
and went inside
with his friends.
They swam and

played there,
drank the water,
made fun of
people and came
back to the
palace.

They didn’t realise that the water of the
stepwell had begun to get dirty for the
first time in so many years.

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