Once when The King Akbar

Heard an Artist carefully,

He asked Birbal to look into the matter

And catch an evil bully.

The story goes like this

That the Artist challenged a man,

To draw his exact face

Was what they simply plan.

But soon when the painting

Completed, the man refused,

"This can't me, I don't have a beard."

But he had it. The Artist got confused.

The next time he shaved his moustache

And claimed to never have it,

He has fooled the Artist a lot this way

No painting he considers fit.

So Birbal went with the Artist

To the man's house with something,

Birbal stayed out and the Artist

Went in to give him the painting.

The man threw a joke"Oh! Artist,

You again." And he opened the cover,

But instead of a painting, he found

That there was a big mirror.

"What is this?" He shouted

Then Birbal entered from the gate,

"If you want your exact self,

Take this mirror, not a portrait."

The man all ashamed and guilty

Made sincere apologies,

While also admitted the Artist's skills

"Give me all that you've made, please."

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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