Once when The King Akbar

Was very happy about something,

He said, "People respect me,

Birbal, what do you think?"

"Yes Jahapannah, they respect you

But also are they afraid,"

"How can you say that Birbal,

Do you know, what you just said?"

"Yes My Lord! I know that

People also fear you,

Akbar said, "Prove it then,

I'll see what you can do."

Birbal went and emptied

The royal lake that day,

And announced that, "King Akbar

Want everyone to pray...."

"...We need to pray for his long life

And to show our respect he said,

To put a pot of milk in the

The empty royal lake." He requested.

At night the people came

To submit a pot of milk there,

But in the morning the King found

Water flooding everywhere.

People thought that the water

Will disappear in the lake,

But it seemed they had the same plan

Which made the King shake.

Akbar was astonished but

He was not ready to accept,

So he made the same announcement

But a twist this time he kept.

He said, " This time King Akbar

I will have a look at it,

So now you will need to be sure

People grew careful a bit

The next morning milk filled

The gigantic royal lake,

And now the king Akbar

Had no excuses to make.

So he admitted the fact that

Birbal previously told,

And distributed the milk again

In every household.

So that's how 'The Clever Birbal'

Proved himself the smartest of all,

And with his great skills, he won

The hearts of the crowd in the hall.

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