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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Identifies the Guest

Once Birbal was invited for dinner by a rich man. When Birbal reached there, he found himself in a large crowd. The host greeted him warmly and took him inside. Birbal said, "I did not know that there will be so many guests in this gathering." The host replied politely, "They are not guests, Sir. They are my employees except one who is the only other guest here besides you. Could you tell who is that other one guest here?" "Maybe, I could. Tell them a joke, and I will observe them." The rich man told the joke and everybody laughed uproariously. Perhaps this was the worst joke Birbal had ever heard in his life. Now the rich man asked Birbal, "I have told the joke, now you tell me who is the other guest here?" Birbal pointed out towards a man and said, "He is that other guest." The rich man was very surprised hearing this that how could he recognize the other guest. He said to him, "You are right Birbal, but how did you recognize him?" Birbal said, "Because only employees can laugh on such a joke. He was the only person who did not even smile on your joke, so I immediately recognized him as the other guest." 0 comments Labels: Akbar Birbal Stories
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Friday, July 20, 2012

Short Sweet Reply : English Story

Akbar used to ask many odd questions from his courtiers and amused himself. One day he entered the Royal Court, settled in his Royal chair, and asked his courtiers: "What punishment should be given to a person who pulls my mustache?"
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One said, "He should be beheaded." Another said, "He should be flogged." Yet another said, "He should be hanged." "What do you think, Birbal?" the Emperor asked Birbal. Birbal kept quiet for a moment, then said, "Jahaanpanaah, he should be given sweets." "What, Birbal? Have you gone crazy?

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Do you know what are you saying?" Birbal replied politely, "I am not crazy, Jahaanpanaah. And I know what I am saying." "Then how can you talk like this?" the King asked in anger. Birbal again replied politely, "Because, Jahaanpanaah, the only person can dare to do this is your grandson." So pleased was the King with this answer, that he gave his ring to Birbal as a reward.

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Read Short Story : Best Flowers

One day Akbar was taking a walk in his Royal gardens with several courtiers. Many flowers were flowering at that time of season. A poet pointed out towards a beautiful flower and said, "Look Jahaanpanaah, how beautiful flower that is? No man can produce such a beautiful thing as this." Birbal was also there. He said, "I don't agree with this, sometimes man can make more beautiful things than this." Akbar said, "Oh no Birbal, you are talking nonsense. This flower is really very beautiful." After a few days, Birbal presented Akbar a very skilled craftsman from Agra. He presented a beautiful carved marble bouquet of flowers. The Emperor was very happy to see it, and gave him one thousand gold coins. Just then a boy came and presented the Emperor a beautiful bouquet of real flowers. The Emperor was very happy to see it too, so he gave a silver coin to the boy. Birbal said, "So the carving was more beautiful than the real thing." Akbar understood that he had fallen in the hands of his witty minister once again. 0 comments Labels: Akbar Birbal Stories
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Nice Short Story : Birbal Always A Problem Solver

Several courtiers were vying to be the Royal Advisor of Emperor Akbar. So one day, when they came to the court, they said to the Emperor, "We want to be your Royal Advisor." Akbar said, "No problem, but you will have to pass the test before you could be my Royal Advisor. And whoever would pass the test will be appointed my Advisor." They agreed.

The King unfastened his waist cloth and lay down on the floor, and asked the candidates to cover him with that cloth from head to toe. Now everybody tried to cover him, but in vain. If one wanted to cover the head, then feet remained uncovered, or if the feet were covered, then his head remained open. Just then Birbal entered the court, the king asked Birbal also, if he could cover him with that cloth from head to toe. Birbal paused a moment, then asked the Emperor politely, "Huzoor, Could you pull up your knees a little bit?" The King did so, and Birbal could cover him from head to toe with that cloth.

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Realizing that they failed the test, the courtiers left the court quietly and then they never thought about being the King's Advisor. 0 comments Labels: Akbar Birbal Stories
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Quick Thinking Birbal : Count The Crows

One day Akbar was strolling in his palace gardens with his dear minister Birbal. Many crows were flying around. The King enjoyed their flying. Just then he thought, that how many crows could be in his kingdom and immediately posed this question to Birbal.

Birbal thought a moment, then said, "They are ninety-five thousand, four hundred and sixty three (95, 463) crows in your kingdom, Huzoor." "How do you know that for sure?" the King asked. "You can get them counted, Huzoor." Birbal said.,

The king again said, "If there will be less than that, then?" Birbal replied immediately, "That means that the rest of them have gone on vacation to some neighboring kingdoms." "Or if there were more than that, then?" "Then it means that other crows are visiting your kingdom, Huzoor.",

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Small Story English : Caught the Thief

It so happened once that once a rich merchant's house was robbed. The merchant suspected that the thief was one of his servants. So he went to Birbal and mentioned the incident. Birbal went to his house and assembled all of his servants and asked that who stole the merchant's things. Everybody denied. Birbal thought for a moment, then gave a stick of equal length to all the servants of the merchant and said to them that the stick of the real thief will be longer by two inches tomorrow. All the servants should be present here again tomorrow with heir sticks.

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All the servants went to their homes and gathered again at the same place the next day. Birbal asked them to show him their sticks. One of the servants had his stick shorter by two inches. Birbal said, "This is your thief, merchant." Later the merchant asked Birbal, "How did you catch him?" Birbal said, "The thief had already cut his stick short by two inches in the night fearing that his stick will be longer by two inches by morning." 0 comments Labels: Akbar Birbal Stories
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Long English Story : Birbal Fake Death

One day the court barber, who was very jealous with Birbal, plotted a plan against him. So when the King called him again to trim his beard, he went and started trimming his beard. He said, "Sir, last night I dreamed about your father." The King got interested, so he asked, "What did he say to you?" "Sir, he said to me, that everything is good in paradise, but he feels a great absence of a good humorous man who can amuse him." The King thought and thought, but nobody else he could think of except Birbal who could perform this kind of duty very well. And, naturally, the only way to go to heaven was through death. For a moment, Akbar was very sad to lose such a good man, but thinking of his father, he made up his mind.

He summoned Birbal and said, "I think Birbal you love me very much and you can sacrifice anything for me." Birbal tried to understand his point but couldn't guess. He said, "You know Majesty, I do." "Then Birbal, please go to heaven to give company to my dear father." Birbal understood that this was a wicked plan of somebody to kill him. He said to Emperor politely, "I will do so, but I need a few days to prepare myself to go to heaven." The King said, "Certainly. You are giving me such a great favor, I allow you one week to prepare yourself." Now Birbal was worried. He thought, somebody has planned very well and he could not escape from this plan. He thought and thought. And then he found a way. He dug a ditch near his house which would serve as his grave, and dug a tunnel too which would open in a room of his house. After doing this, he returned to the Imperial Court. He said, " I am ready, His Majesty, but there two conditions." Akbar was so happy to hear this that he forgot that Birbal could put some odd conditions to him. He asked, "What are those conditions? Tell me soon. I will try to fulfill them so that you can go to heaven to be with my dear father." Birbal said, "His majesty, I wish to be buried near my house. And I want to be buried alive so that I can reach heaven alive to amuse your dear father." The King found this logical and agreed up on them immediately.

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So Birbal was buried alive near his house. Of course he made his way to his house where he lived in confinement for six months. After six months, he came out of hiding with grown beard and shabby hair and asked the permission to appear in the Royal Court. Looking at him Akbar cried, "Where have you been Birbal?" Birbal said, "Your Majesty, I was in Heaven with your dear father. I had a very good time there with your father. He was so happy with my services that he gave me special permission to return to Earth." Akbar was very anxious to know about his father, he asked, "Did he send any message for me?" Birbal said, "Yes Your Majesty, he said that very few barber can make it to go to Heaven, you can make out this from my grown beard and shabby hair, so he has asked to send your own barber to him immediately. Akbar understood everything. He gave Birbal a big prize, and his barber the life sentence.

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Saturday, July 7, 2012

Donkey Insult Reply

Once Akbar went to the river with his two sons and wise Minister Birbal. On the bank of the river, Akbar and his two sons took off their clothes and asked Birbal to take care of them while they took bath in the river.

Birbal was waiting for them to come out of the river. All the clothes were on his shoulder. Looking at Birbal standing like this, Akbar felt like teasing him, so he said to him, "Birbal, you look like as if you are carrying a washerman's donkey load." Birbal quickly retorted, "Sir, Washer-man's donkey carries only one donkey's load, I am carrying three donkey's load." Akbar was speechless. 0 comments Labels: Akbar Birbal Stories
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Friday, June 29, 2012

Answering A Question With A Question

One day Akbar asked Birbal, "Birbal, can you tell me how many bangles are on your wife's hand?" Birbal said, "No, Huzoor, I cannot." "You cannot? Although everyday you see her hand, still you cannot tell how

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many bangles are on her hand. How is that?" said Akbar.

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Birbal said, "Let's go to the garden, Your Majesty. And I will tell you "How is that" and they both went to the garden. They both went down a small staircase which led to the garden. After reaching in the garden Birbal asked, "You daily climb up and down this small staircase, could you tell how many steps it has?" Akbar smiled and then changed the subject. 0 comments Labels: Akbar Birbal Stories
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

How Akbar Meet Birbal

Akbar loved hunting and used to escape to go for hunting even from his studies. Well, later he became a better rider and hunter than any one of his courtiers. One day when Akbar went for hunting, he and his some of the courtiers went so fast that they left the others behind. As the evening fell, everybody got very hungry and thirsty, they found that they had lost their way and now did not know where to go.

At last they came to a junction of three roads. King was very happy to see the roads that now he could go reach his capital through one of these roads, but which road was to go to his capital - Agra. They were all thinking about it and could not decide it. In the mean time they saw a young boy coming along one road. The boy was summoned and Akbar asked him, "Hey young boy! Which road goes to Agra?" The boy smiled and spoke, "Huzoor, everybody knows that road cannot move so how these roads can go to Agra or anywhere else?" and laughed at his own joke.

Everybody was silent, didn't say a word. The boy said again, "People travel, not the roads. Do they?" Emperor laughed at this and said, "No, you are right." The Emperor asked again, "What is your name, young boy?" "Mahesh Das" The boy replied and asked the Emperor, "And who are you Huzoor? What is your name?" The Emperor took out his Ring and gave it to the boy. "You are talking to Emperor Akbar - the King of Hindustaan (India). We need fearless people like you. You come to the court, with this Ring I will recognize you immediately. Now tell me the way to get to Agra. We have to reach there soon?"

Mahesh Das bowing lowly pointed towards the road going to Agra, and the King headed on that road. That is how the Emperor Akbar met the future Birbal. 0 comments Labels: Akbar Birbal Stories
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Monday, September 5, 2011

Interesting short stories 40 - The Foolish Brahmin

Interesting short stories 40 - T he Foolish Brahm in
Once upon a tim e a foolish brahm in cam e to v isit Birbal with a strange request. He wanted to be addressed as pandit. Now, the term pandit refers to a m an of learning. But unfortunately this poor brahm in was uneducated. Birbal tried to explain the difference to him say ing that it was not correct to call an uneducated m an a pandit and because of this v ery reason it would be im proper to call him so. But the silly brahm in had his heart set on this title. So, as usual, Birbal had a brilliant idea. He said that as the brahm in was an uneducated m an he should

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hurl abuses and stones at any one who dared to address him by the v ery sam e title he wanted. Then Birbal called all his serv ants to him self and ordered them to call this lowly brahm in a pandit. The brahm in was v ery pleased. But the m om ent the serv ants started calling out to him as pandit he pretended to be v ery angry and started to abuse them loudly . Then he picked up a few stones and hurled them in their direction. All as per clev er Birbals adv ice. All this shouting and scream ing drew a crowd. When people realised that this brahm in was erupting ev ery tim e any one called him pandit, they all started to tease him . Ov er the next couple of day s, he would constantly hear the refrain pandit wherev er he went. Very soon the whole town started referring to him as pandit m uch to his delight. The foolish brahm in nev er realised why people were calling him in this m anner. And was extrem ely pleased with the result. He thanked Birbal from the v ery bottom of his foolish heart.

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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Interesting stories 39 - Poet Raidas

Interesting stories 39 - Poet Raidas
In the town of Agra there liv ed a rich businessm an. But he was also quite a m iser. Various people used to flock outside his house ev ery day hoping for som e kind of generosity , but they alway s had to return hom e disappointed. He used to ward them off with false prom ises and then nev er liv e up to his word. Then one day , a poet nam ed Raidas arriv ed at his house and said that he wanted to read out his poem s to the rich m an. As the rich m an was v ery fond of poetry , he welcom ed him in with open arm s. Raidas started to recite all his poem s one by one. The rich m an was v ery pleased and especially so when he heard the poem that Raidas had written on him , because he had been com pared with Kubera, the god of wealth. In those day s it was a custom for rich m en and kings to show their appreciation through a reward or a gift, as that was the only m eans of earning that a poor poet possessed. So the rich m an prom ised Raidas som e gifts and asked him to com e and collect them the next day . Raidas was pleased. The next m orning when he arriv ed at the house, the rich m an pretended that he had nev er laid ey es on him before. When Raidas rem inded him of his prom ise, he said that although Raidas was a good poet he understood v ery little of hum an nature. And that if rich businessm an truly wanted to reward him , he would hav e done so the v ery sam e night. Raidas had been offered a reward not because he was really pleased or im pressed, but to sim ply encourage him . Raidas was extrem ely upset, but as there was nothing that he could do, he quietly left the house. On his way hom e he saw Birbal riding a horse. So he stopped him and asked for his help after narrating the whole incident. Birbal took him to his own house in order to com e up with a plan. After giv ing it som e thought he asked Raidas to go to a friends house with fiv e gold coins and request the friend to plan a dinner on the com ing full m oon night, where the rich m an would also be inv ited. Birbal then asked Raidas to relax and leav e the rest to him . Raidas had one trustworthy friend whose nam e was May adas. So he went up to him and told him the plan.. The next day , May adas went to the rich m ans house and inv ited him for dinner. The dinner has been planned for the com ing full m oon night. He said that he intended to serv e his guests in v essels of gold, which the guests would get to take hom e after the m eal. The rich m an was thrilled to hear this and jum ped at the offer. After sunset on the full m oon night, the rich m an arriv ed at May adas house and was surprised to see no other guests there but Raidas. Any how, they welcom ed him in and started a polite conv ersation. The rich m an had com e on an em pty stom ach and so was getting hungrier by the m inute. Raidas and May adas were quite full as they had eaten just before the rich m ans arriv al.

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Finally at m idnight the rich m an could bear his hunger no longer and asked May adas to serv e the food. May adas sounded extrem ely surprised when he asked him what food was he talking about. The rich m an tried to rem ind him that he had been inv ited for dinner. At this point Raidas asked him for proof of the inv itation. The rich m an had no answer. Then May adas told him that he had just inv ited him to please him and had not really m eant it. He then went on to say that ev en though they did not do any thing good for other people they also would nev er try to hurt another hum an being. He asked the rich m an not to feel bad. At that point Birbal walked into the room and rem inded the rich m an of the sam e treatm ent that he had him self m eted out to Raidas. The rich m an realised his m istake and begged for forgiv eness. He said that Raidas was a good poet and had not asked him for any reward. He him self had prom ised to giv e him som e gifts and then cheated him out of them . To m ake up for his m istake he took out the necklace that he was wearing and gifted it to Raidas. Then they all sat down to eat a happy m eal. Raidas was all praise for Birbal and thanked him profusely . Em peror Akbar also inv ited him to his court and honoured him , all thanks to Birbal. Birbal really was a wise m an.

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Popular Tales 43 - Re-Union

Popular T ales 43 - Re-Union
One day , when Akbar and Birbal were in discussions, Birbal happened to pass a harm less com m ent about Akbars sense of hum our. But Em peror Akbar was in a foul m ood and took great offense to this rem ark. He asked Birbal, his court-jester, friend and confidant, to not only leav e the palace but also to leav e the walls of the city of Agra. Birbal was terribly hurt at being banished. A couple of day s later, Akbar began to m iss his best friend. He regretted his earlier decision of banishing him from the courts. He just could not do without Birbal and so sent out a search party to look for him . But Birbal had left town without letting any body know of his destination. The soldiers searched high and low but were unable to find him any where. Then one day a wise saint cam e to v isit the palace accom panied by two of his disciples. The disciples claim ed that their teacher was the wisest m an to walk the earth. Since Akbar was m issing Birbal terribly he thought it would be a good idea to hav e a wise m an that could keep him com pany . But he decided that he would first test the holy m ans wisdom . The saint had bright sparkling ey es, a thick beard and long hair. The next day , when they cam e to v isit the court Akbar inform ed the holy m an that since he was the wisest m an on earth, he would like to test him . All his m inisters would put forward a question and if his answers were satisfactory he would be m ade a m inister. But if he could not, then he would be beheaded. The saint answered that he had nev er claim ed to be the wisest m an on earth, ev en though other people seem ed to think so. Nor was he eager to display his clev erness but as he enjoy ed answering questions, he was ready for the test. One of the m inisters, Raja Todarm al, began the round of questioning. He asked Who is a m ans best friend on earth? To which the wise saint replied, His own good sense. Next Faizi asked which was the m ost superior thing on earth? Knowledge, answered the saint. Which is the deepest trench in the world?, asked Abdul Fazal. And the saints answer was a wom ans heart. What is that which cannot be regained after it is lost? questioned another courtier and the reply he receiv ed was life. What is undy ing in m usic asked the court m usician Tansen. The wise saint replied that it was the notes. And then he asked which is the sweetest and m ost m elodious v oice at night -tim e? And the answer he receiv ed was the v oice that pray s to God. Maharaj Mansingh of Jaipur, who was a guest at the palace asked, what trav els m ore speedily than the wind? the saint replied that it was m ans thought. He then asked, which was the sweetest thing on

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Em peror Akbar and all his courtiers were v ery im pressed with his answers, but wanted to test the saint him self. Firstly he asked what were the necessary requirem ents to rule ov er a kingdom , for which he was answered clev erness. Then he asked what was the grav est enem y of a king. The saint replied that it was selfishness. The em peror was pleased and offered the saint a seat of honour and asked him whether he could perform any m iracles. The saint said that he could m anifest any person the king wished to m eet. Akbar was thrilled and im m ediately asked to m eet his m inister and best friend Birbal. The saint sim ply pulled off his artificial beard and hair m uch to the surprise of the other courtiers. Akbar was stunned and could not believ e his ey es. He stepped down to em brace the saint because he was none other than Birbal. Akbar had tears in his ey es as he told Birbal that he had suspected it to be him and had therefore asked him whether he could perform m iracles. He showered Birbal with m any v aluable gifts to show him how happy he was at his return.

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Most Read story 38 - Birbals Khichri

On a cold winter day Akbar and Birbal took a walk along the lake. A thought cam e to Birbal that a m an would do any thing for m oney . He expressed his feelings to Akbar. Akbar then put his finger into the lake and im m ediately rem ov ed it because he shiv ered with cold. Akbar said I dont think a m an would spend an entire night in the cold water of this lake for m oney . Birbal replied I am sure I can find such a person. Akbar then challenged Birbal into finding such a person and said that he would reward the person with a thousand gold coins. Birbal searched far and wide until he found a poor m an who was desperate enough to accept the challenge. The poor m an entered the lake and Akbar had guards posted near him to m ake sure that he really did as prom ised. The next m orning the guards took the poor m an to Akbar. Akbar asked the poor m an if he had indeed spent the night in the lake. The poor m an replied that he had. Akbar then asked the poor m an how he m anaged to spend the night in the lake. The poor m an replied that there was a street lam p near by and he kept his attention affixed on the lam p and away from the cold. Akbar then said that there would be no reward as the poor m an had surv iv ed the night in the lake by the warm th of the street lam p. The poor m an went to Birbal for help.

Most Read story 38 - Birbals Khichri

The next day , Birbal did not go to court. The king wondering where he was sent a m essenger to his hom e. The m essenger cam e back say ing that Birbal would com e once his Khichri was cooked. The king waited hours but Birbal did not com e. Finally the king decided to go to Birbals house and see what he was upto. He found Birbal sitting on the floor near som e burning twigs and a bowl filled with Khichri hanging fiv e feet abov e the fire. The king and his attendants couldnt help but laugh. Akbar then said to Birbal How can the Khichri be cooked if it so far away from the fire? Birbal answered The sam e way the poor m an receiv ed heat from a street lam p that was m ore than a furlong away . The King understood his m istake and gav e the poor m an his reward.

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Friday, September 2, 2011

Popular Tales 42 - Why is the Camels Neck Crooked

Popu l a r Ta l es 42 - Wh y i s t h e Ca mel s Neck Crooked?

As y ou all know, Em peror Akbar was v ery im pressed with Birbal's wisdom and greatly enjoy ed his quick wit. One fine m orning when Akbar was especially pleased with Birbal, as a gesture of appreciation, he prom ised to reward him with m any v aluable and beautiful gifts. Howev er, m any day s passed, and still there was no sign of ev en one gift. Birbal was quite disappointed with the king. Then one day , when Akbar was strolling down the banks of Riv er Yam una with his ev er faithful Birbal at his side, he happened to notice a cam el passing by . He asked Birbal why the neck of the cam el was crooked. Birbal thought for a second and prom ptly replied that it m ight be because the cam el m ay hav e forgotten to honour a prom ise. The holy books m ention that those who break their word get punished with a crooked neck; perhaps that was the reason for the cam els crooked neck. Akbar soon realised his folly of m aking a prom ise to Birbal for gifts and not honouring it. He was asham ed of him self. As soon as they returned to the palace he im m ediately gav e Birbal his justly deserv ed reward. As y ou can see, Birbal alway s m anaged to get what he wanted without directly asking for it.

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Famous stories 37 - The Three Questions

Fam ous stories 37 - T he T hree Questions

Ki n g A kbar was v ery fon d of Bi rbal . Th i s m ade a certai n cou rti er v ery jeal ou s. N ow th i s cou rti er al way s wan ted to be ch i ef m i n i ster, bu t th i s was n ot possi bl e as Bi rbal fi l l ed th at posi ti on .

On e day A kbar prai sed Bi rbal i n fron t of th e cou rti er. Th i s m ade th e cou rti er v ery an gry an d h e sai d th at th e ki n g prai sed Bi rbal u n ju stl y an d i f Bi rbal cou l d an swer th ree of h i s qu esti on s, h e wou l d accept th e fact th at Bi rbal was i n tel l i gen t. A kbar al way s wan ti n g to test Bi rbal s wi t readi l y agreed.

Th e th ree qu esti on s were 1. How m an y stars are th ere i n th e sky 2. Wh ere i s th e cen tre of th e Earth an d 3. How m an y m en an d h ow m an y wom en are th ere i n th e worl d.

Im m edi atel y A kbar asked Bi rbal th e th ree qu esti on s an d i n form ed h i m th at i f h e cou l d n ot an swer th em , h e wou l d h av e to resi gn as ch i ef m i n i ster.

To an swer th e fi rst qu esti on , Bi rbal brou gh t a h ai ry sh eep an d sai d .Th ere are as m an y stars i n th e sky as th ere i s h ai r on th e sh eep's body . My fri en d th e cou rti er i s wel com e to cou n t th em i f h e l i kes.

To an swer th e secon d qu esti on , Bi rbal drew a cou pl e of l i n es on th e fl oor an d bore an i ron rod i n i t an d sai d th i s i s th e cen tre of th e Earth , th e cou rti er m ay m easu re i t h i m sel f i f h e h as an y dou bts.

In an swer to th e th i rd qu esti on , Bi rbal sai d Cou n ti n g th e exact n u m ber of m en an d wom en i n th e worl d wou l d be a probl em as th ere are som e speci m en s l i ke ou r cou rti er fri en d h ere wh o can n ot easi l y be cl assi fi ed as ei th er. Th erefore i f al l peopl e l i ke h i m are ki l l ed, th en an d on l y th en can on e cou n t th e exact n u m ber.

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