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Short success story in english |
One day Akbar asked Birbal,
''Tell me Birbal! Will a man do anything for money?''
Birbal replied, 'Yes'.
Akbar order him to prove it. The next day, Birbal brought a poor Brahmin to the court.
His family was starving. Birbal told the king that the Brahmin was ready to do anything for the sake of money.
It was the winter season and the water in the ponds was chilling cold. The king ordered the Brahmin to stand inside a pond all through the night without any attire.
He promised to give him a great reward for doing so. The poor Brahmin had no choice. The whole night he kept standing inside the pond shivering.
He return to the court the next day to receive his reward.
The king asked
''Tell me Oh poor Brahmin! How could you withstand the extreme cold temperature all through the night?''
The innocent Brahmin replied
''I withstood the cold while seeing a faintly glowing light a kilometer away.''
Akbar refused to pay the Brahmin his reward saying that he had got warmth from the light and withstood the cold and that was cheating.
The poor Brahmin could not argue with him and so returned disappointed and bare-handed.
Birbal tried to explain the king but the king did not listen to him. Thereafter, Birbal stopped coming to the court and sent a message to the king that he would come to the court only after cooking his khichdi.
As Birbal did not turn up even after five days, the king himself went to Birbal's house to see what he was doing.
Birbal had lit the fire and kept the pot of the uncooked khichdi one meter away from it.
Akbar questioned him
''How will the khichdi get cooked with the fire one meter away? Birbal replied''
If it was possible for a person to receive warmth from a light that was a kilometer away, then it is also possible for this khichdi to get cooked which is just a meter away from the fire.''
Akbar realised his mistake. He called the poor Brahmin and gave him 2000 gold coins as reward.
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