WHY THE CAMEL’S NECK IS ALWAYS BENT?

Akbar used to admire the shrewd remarks of Birbal. On one such occasion, he was so exited that, he promised Birbal a village as a gift for him.

After a few days, Akbar forgot it totally. Occasionally, Birbal reminded him about the promise but the king did not seem to keep his promise up. Birbal was waiting for an opportunity to make a note on it.

One day, the emperor Akbar asked Birbal. “Birbal, why the neck the camel is always bent and its back is ugly in shape?”

Birbal took this opportunity and snapped in quickly, “Oh King! The unfortunate camel would have promise someone to gift a village in its previous birth and forgot to keep its word”.

Akbar realized that Birbal was remaining his promise about the gift. He smiled at Birbal and said, “Birbal, as soon as we return to palace, you will get your village as I promised. This time it is sure” and he continued with a smile, “I don’t want to have a ugly back in my next birth.”

As he returned to the palace, the emperor ordered his people to give a village to Birbal as his gift.

HOW MANY CROWS ARE THERE IN AGRA?

One day, emperor Akbar suddenly asked a question to Birbal.

“Birbal, do you know how many crows are there in our city?”

Without any hesitation Birbal replied, “There are eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty five crows in the city.”

Akbar was surprised over the ready reply of Birbal. ‘How can he be so accurate?’ thought the emperor. Hiding his doubts, he asked, “Can it be true?”

“If you have any doubt, you shall verify the same by count.” Replied Birbal.

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Akbar got annoyed and said, “If that is proved to be wrong, I will levy a fine of eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty five mohair’s (gold coins) on you.”

“Oh yes….” Replied Birbal, “You shall do it but, on one condition. When you start the counting, you should not allow any crow to fly out of our city or any one to enter the city. After ensuring this, if you start counting you will find that my figure is right. I am quite confident.”

Akbar laughed heavily over the shrewd reply. He said, “As usual you have shown a way where one cannot reach.”

SHALLOW THE NUTS AND THE DATES

There was a big feast arranged in the palace. Hundreds of people were participating in it. Emperor Akbar and shrewd Birbal were taking food together.

there were a variety of items in the feast and all sort of fruits were served.

They were interestingly talking to each other while taking food. They were eating date fruits placed in front of them. They were splitting out the nuts of the fruits at their feet. Akbar wanted to make fun of Birbal. So, he pushed all the nuts at his feet to the side of Birbal.

Birbal was not aware of it.

Akbar, as if he had seen it just then, asked Birbal, “Birbal what is this? Even if you like date fruit so much, should you eat without limits? If you take so much of dates, will not affect your healthy?”

Birbal understood the trick of Akbar in humiliating him. Looking at the nuts beneath the table, Birbal said, “Oh King! I am more worried about your health than mine. Because, I had taken only the fruit, but you swallowed even the nuts.”

Everyone around them, turned their faces little away and laughed. Emperor realized his mistake but relished Birbal’s shrewd reply by joining in the laugh.

WHY DOES SUN RISE ONLY IN THE EAST?



Once, Birbal, who was answering all the questions put fourth by the emperor Akbar wanted to pose a question to the king, for a change.

So, he opened the topic by telling, “King! I have been answering all your questions to the best of my ability. Today I want to ask you a question. Can you kindly reply?”

Akbar was glad to accept it.

Birbal asked his first question. “Oh King. Why does the sun rise only in the east? Why not in north, south or in the west?”

Akbar got wild and shouted. “This is a ridiculous question. You better choose a fool to put this question.”

Birbal was calm, cool and collected. He looked into the eyes of Akbar and said, “That is why I asked this question to you my Lord.”

Even though Akbar was upset over Birbal’s remarks, he appreciated Birbal for his bold in talking straight on his face. Akbar also consoled himself by thinking, “How many times I have put forth such foolish and unreasonable questions to him? Birbal answered them calmly with patients. That too without showing any sign of anger.”

This thought made Akbar to show more regards for Birbal.

COCKS NEVER LAY EGGS



The emperor Akbar, having been disappointed in all his attempts, once wanted to make Birbal fool and enjoy himself. He remembered how Birbal fooled him by posing an unanswerable question some time back. He was not angry about that incident. But he wanted to put Birbal in an unanswerable situation at least once. He wanted to make fun out of it.

So he worked a plan. He called all the courtiers and silently gave an egg to each one of them after explaining his plan.

Birbal came last. Akbar told: “Birbal, I had a dream yesterday. A sage appeared in it. He told me to ask all the courtiers in the palace to jump into the palace tank. Each one of them will get one egg if they are loyal to me. I want to experiment and check up the sayings of the sage.”

On hearing this and as already planned, all the courtiers assembled there, jumped into the tank.

After some time, each one of them came out with an egg in their hand.

Last came Birbal and jumped into the tank but could not find either any egg or a hen.

Birbal could easily guess that it is a managed show by the king to mock at him. So, on coming out of the tank, he started crying like a cock, ‘co-co-cro-co’.

“What Birbal! What happen to the egg? Everybody brought an egg from the tank. What about you? Couldn’t you get it?” Akbar laughed.

Birbal again cried, ‘co-co-cro-co’ and he said, “Oh king! Have you not heard that only hens will lay eggs? Cocks never lay eggs.”

Akbar was stunned with the shrewd reply of Birbal. He was telling himself, “One can never make Birbal a fool. He is always the best in intelligence.”