The Emperor was very fond of
tall, handsome and agile horses. Once a merchant from Arabia came to sell his
horses. He displayed a few very impressive horses to the king. The Emperor
liked those horses and ordered for a good number of similar horses. He gave two
lakh gold coins as an advance to the merchant.
The man was a fraud. He
disappeared with the money and did not return for a long time. Time passed. One
day a unique whim struck Akbar’s psyche. He said to Birbal affirmed and
promised to bring the list after sometime.
After a week, Birbal called on
the Emperor with a long list of fools and presented the paper to the Emperor.
Akbar was happy that Birbal had accomplished his job in a very little time.
However, when he gazed on the paper, he was raged to read his own name on the
top of it. “What’s this Birbal?” the Emperor roared. “How dare you put my name
in this category?”
“I beg your pardon. Huzoor!
You’re a justice loving person. Please judge your act regarding giving the
advance to a stranger and then tell me, shouldn’t I keep you in this list?”
asked Birbal with folded hands. The Emperor calmed down little and argued,
“Birbal, assume that the man comes with the horses. Then what will you
do?”
“I will immediately remove your
name and put his name at your place.” promptly replied Birbal, the wittiest of
all!
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