This one was told to me by my Dad when I was a kid and didnt understand its importance back then, its an eye opener with a bit of philosophy. Here goes....
Once Badshah Akbar was standing on his balcony with his Queen and the queen's brother. And the queen was nagging the king to make her brother (yeah right!) a minister in place of Birbal, the king all the while was listening to Tansen singing from a distance (huh??). But the queen kept on arguing about how good her brother was, till the point the king got fed up and said,
"Ok, but I will test him with Birbal first"
To which the queen agreed joyfully.
Just then a caravan was passing through the palace roads, the king saw it and was curious, he called the queens bro and asked him to check out where the caravan was headed.
The bro ran down and came back after 10 mins and told the king that the caravan was leaving the city and was headed west.
The king was keen on why they were leaving the city, so he asked the queens bro to check out why they were leaving the city.
The man again ran down and came back after 20 mins. He reported to the king that the caravan was selling rice in the city and did not get a proper response here and were therefore leaving the city for another market.
The king again asked him to check out the quality of rice they had got.
Now the queen's bro looked at the queen appealing as the Caravan had gone far out of his reach.
The king smiled at this. Just then Birbal happened to be there.
The king showed him the caravan at a distance and asked him to check it out. Birbal went down and came back after 2 hrs.
He reported to the king that the caravan was in the city selling rice and they did not get a proper response from the market here and were leaving the city for another market. He checked the quality of their rice and found it to be of the highest quality at a reasonable price and hence he brought it for the Royal palace. He had aslo asked them to return the next year with the same quality of rice.
The king was left with no further questions to ask.
Once Badshah Akbar was standing on his balcony with his Queen and the queen's brother. And the queen was nagging the king to make her brother (yeah right!) a minister in place of Birbal, the king all the while was listening to Tansen singing from a distance (huh??). But the queen kept on arguing about how good her brother was, till the point the king got fed up and said,
"Ok, but I will test him with Birbal first"
To which the queen agreed joyfully.
Just then a caravan was passing through the palace roads, the king saw it and was curious, he called the queens bro and asked him to check out where the caravan was headed.
The bro ran down and came back after 10 mins and told the king that the caravan was leaving the city and was headed west.
The king was keen on why they were leaving the city, so he asked the queens bro to check out why they were leaving the city.
The man again ran down and came back after 20 mins. He reported to the king that the caravan was selling rice in the city and did not get a proper response here and were therefore leaving the city for another market.
The king again asked him to check out the quality of rice they had got.
Now the queen's bro looked at the queen appealing as the Caravan had gone far out of his reach.
The king smiled at this. Just then Birbal happened to be there.
The king showed him the caravan at a distance and asked him to check it out. Birbal went down and came back after 2 hrs.
He reported to the king that the caravan was in the city selling rice and they did not get a proper response from the market here and were leaving the city for another market. He checked the quality of their rice and found it to be of the highest quality at a reasonable price and hence he brought it for the Royal palace. He had aslo asked them to return the next year with the same quality of rice.
The king was left with no further questions to ask.
3 comments:
What do u mean by when I was a kid, you still sound like a kid....whts this crap!
whatever dude!
moral of story???
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