Once when The King Akbar

Heard the news of a great theft,

In the house of a minister

Who lived in the cottage at the left.

He lived near the fort

The thief can't be a stranger,

And if it was a minister only

He can be the court's danger.

So to find out who did this

Birbal bought a donkey at the court,

He asked every minister to touch

The donkey's tail that he bought.

In the end everyone's hand

Was checked by Birbal carefully,

While everybody had a black mark

On their hands very ugly.

But one man did not possess it

Because he did not touch the tail,

In fear of being caught red-handed

But his intention was a real fail.

Birbal said, "The donkey's tail

Had black ink on its tip,

And he is caught not touch it

As he tried his hardest to skip.

The thief was caught and executed

The minister got his money back,

It was so easy to find the criminal

By just some ink of colour black.

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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Poet's Note