Stories of Birbal
Flowers for Akbar?
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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.
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