Once when the King Akbar

Met a stranger who wanted to sell

He had fine horses from abroad

Specialities they all seemed to dwell.

Akbar took them all from the trader

And gave him silver coins in advance,

As he promised to bring more horses

From Afghanistan and France.

After some days out of boredom

Akbar ordered Birbal to list down,

All the foolish people in Agra

As many as he could find around.

Birbal prepared a long list

And Akbar was amazed,

To find his name at the top of the list

From his throne he suddenly raised.

"Do you find me the most foolish?"

Akbar almost thundered,

"Yes My Lord, it is true.

And I did it because you ordered."

"You gave a lot of silver

To a man completely unknown,

That proves your foolishness

Please be seated on your throne."

"I promise you, Your Majesty!

If that man with horses comes again,

Then I'll erase your name from this

Instead, I'll write the name of the man.

The King realised how foolish

He acted with the man back then,

It's true, the man will never return

He must've made Akbar's 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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