On a warm summer morning, a little tailor sat, stitching a jacket. He heard a woman selling jam along the road and thought it would be good to buy some. She was hoping for a large sale, but after sniffing all the jars, he bought one jar of jam. She went off grumbling and the […]
An exam plays an important role in every student’s life. Every parent keeps high expectations from their child during the time of exams. Moreover, this leads to unwanted pressure on a child and he or she might feel anxious or depressed while preparing for the exams. Therefore parents are required to support their children during
The miller’s donkey had grown old and found it more and more difficult to carry the heavy load that his master put on his back. He heard his master grumbling to the neighbours about the donkey becoming a useless burden. This worried him a lot. Before his master could find a way to get rid
A blacksmith was skilled in making very strong and fine armour. One day, some courtiers of Emperor Akbar had an altercation with the blacksmith. The courtiers wanted to take revenge. Therefore, they poisoned the ears of the Emperor against the blacksmith.One day, the blacksmith came to the court with a newly made fine armour. The
A rich man’s charming wife died leaving him a little daughter. When she knew she would not live for long, she had called her daughter and told her to obey her father and to be good and pious. “I’ll be looking down at you,” she promised. The little girl was very sad when her mother
An old shoemaker lived with his wife in a village. He had become so poor that there was barely enough food for both of them. He had a little leather left just enough to make one more pair of shoes. That night, he sat down in his little workshop and cut the leather for a
One day, a courtier entered the court with a glass jar in his hands.“What is there in that jar?” asked the Emperor.“Your Majesty! It is a mixture of sand and sugar,” replied the courtier.“What for?” asked Akbar again.“Excuse me, Your Majesty!” said the courtier, “We want to test Birbal’s intelligence. We want him to separate
Once upon a time, a King had a beautiful daughter. She played every day in the palace garden with her golden ball that she liked very much. She enjoyed playing and watching the sunlight glinting on it.One day as the princess was throwing it up and catching it, the ball bounced right out of her
The little girl lived with her mother in a cottage on the edge of the forest. She always wore her red velvet cloak with a hood, a gift from her beloved grandmother. So, everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood.One day, she was going to visit her grandmother who was sick, so her mother gave
“Birbal, tell me whether most of the people have eyes or not ?” the Emperor asked.The Emperor thought that the world was full of people with eyes, because one could not hide anything from them. They see it and start asking questions about it. The people seemed to have eyes all over.But Birbal disagreed saying.
One day, a slave named Daulat made a mistake and incurred the wrath of Akbar. Emperor asked him to leave the court.Daulat went to Birbal’s house. Birbal listened to him and suggested, “Go back to the court and ask the Emperor—Daulat has come, should he stay or leave?”The Emperor was surprised to see the culprit
One day, Akbar and Birbal were taking a stroll in the garden. Birbal was narrating a funny story and Akbar was enjoying it. All of a sudden, Akbar found a piece of bamboo lying on the ground. He got an idea to tease Birbal. Showing the piece of bamboo to Birbal he asked, “Can you
Akbar and Birbal were sitting in the palace balcony watching sunrise. The sunrays falling on the sparkling waters of the Yamuna gave it a shimmering golden sheen. The Emperor used to watch this natural show every day.Suddenly, their attention was diverted by some noise. They noticed a few thieves fleeing after looting some travellers. The
Birbal’s wit and cleverness had spread throughout the world. Even the king of Egypt had heard the stories of Birbal’s intelligence. Once, he invited Birbal to his kingdom to test his wit.Birbal set out to Egypt as per the king’s invitation. The king of Egypt had arranged seven odd dummies who looked exactly like him
One day, Emperor Akbar came to the court and started attending to the routine court work. Just then, a messenger arrived with the queen’s message that she wanted urgently to see the Emperor in her palace.When the Emperor was readying to depart, all the courtiers stood. Birbal too, but while doing so, he passed a