Once when The King Akbar

Asked Birbal to count the blinds,

All around his kingdom

Whoever he could find.

So he went to the market and started

Cleaning shoes of the passer by's

While people noticed him and asked,

"What are you doing Huzoor? Why?"

And every time someone asks this

He noted down their names,

And at the end Akbar himself

Came and asked the question same.

The next day Birbal in the court

Bought a list of the blind he found,

That was a list extremely long

As only blinds are all around.

Then Akbar saw his name

At the bottom of the chart,

"Your Majesty, those who can't see me

Cleaning shoes you were also a part."

On hearing this Akbar laughed

And got what Birbal had done,

He wasn't finding any blinds at all

But just having some sort of fun.

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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