Stories of Birbal
Fast Horse
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One day, when Akbar saw Hodja coming on foot,
he promised him to give a horse. Accordingly, he instructed his stable man to
give a horse to Hodja. Now, it so happened that the stable man selected a very
weak and sick horse from the stable and sent it to Hodja's house. The horse was
so weak and sick that it died on the same night it was delivered.
When next day Akbar saw Hodja coming on foot
again, he asked in surprise, "What happened to your horse, I arranged
yesterday?" Hodja said, "Jahaanpanaah, the horse had a fleet of feet
that it crossed the distance from earth to Heaven in one night."
Akbar was very sorry to know this, and this
time he arranged a very good horse for him.
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