Akbar was in a good mood one evening. He decided to tease Birbal. Akbar said, “I had a dream last night. In my dream, I saw you.” Birbal said, “Your Majesty, I feel honoured. What else did you see?” Akbar said, “We were walking in the marketplace. It was night. There was darkness all around. […]
Once, a poor farmer had a young and beautiful wife. The wife was very extravagant. So they fought usually. One day the poor man’s wife eloped with another man who pretended to be rich. The man was acutally a rogul who ran away with her jewellery. Just then a jackal came to the river bank
Once, an eagle had laid some eggs on a tree. Under the same tree a hen had laid eggs during the same period. One day, while the eagle had gone hunting, a bear climbed up the tree to eat the eagle’s eggs. Hardly had the bear finished three of the eggs when the fourth one
One day, a hunter visited Akbar’s court. He showed Akbar a strange rabbit and said, “I found this heavenly rabbit in the forest. Please accept my gift.” The rabbit had many colours and indeed looked heavenly. Akbar said, “I am happy with your gift. I shall give you a hundred gold coins as a reward.”
Once, a lion and a lioness lived in the forest with their twin cubs. One day, the lion went to hunt for food but he didn’t get anything. After wandering too long he found a jackal cub and brought him home. The lion said, “Today our cubs will eat the jackal cub as meal.” Then
Once a farmer bought a new lamp from the nearby market. When he reached home, it was dark. So, he filled the lamp with oil and putting a wick into it lighted it. It began to shine with a clear steady light. The lamp felt proud of itself and on its clear light. It started
Once, there was an old lion. He was unable to kill any creature. So, he said to himself, “I must do something to remove my hunger; else I would die of starvation.” He kept thinking. At last an idea came in his mind. He decided to lie down in the cave pretending to be ill.
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his son to teach not to judge things too quickly, so he sent them to look for a pear tree. The first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn. When they returned, he asked
One day, an artist came to Akbar and said, “Your Majesty, would you like me to paint the likeness of your beautiful palace?” Akbar happily agreed. The artist walked around the palace with his canvas and painted it from every angle. A few days later, the painting was ready. Everyone in the court was impressed
Once a king was in his court when a young beggar came to him and asked for some money. He also said, “I am very poor; God hasn’t given me anything. Please have mercy on me.” Hearing this the king said, “Well, I will give you two gold coins but you will have to give
A very pugnacious woman once lived in a village. All she had was only a cock that used to crow in the morning to wake people up. Her callousness really exasperated the inhabitants there. One day, the lady decided to leave the village but at the last time she cursed the village that there wouldn’t
Once upon a time, a wolf while wandering in a forest reached a field of sugarcane belonging to a farmer. But the fact is that wolves don’t eat sugarcane. The wolf was about to move away when he saw a horse coming towards him. He decided to wait for him and extend a hand of
In the 20th century, in a palace, a king was really worried about the increasing number of rats, so he reared a cat, who could diminished the rats. The petrified rats called a meeting and decided to tie a bell in the cat’s neck. But the cowardly rats couldn’t do that and said that it
Once, a shepherd and his neighbour came to Akbar’s court to resolve their fight. The shepherd said, “Your Majesty, my neighbour’s wall fell and my sheep died under it. My neighbour is not paying me for the loss.” The neighbour said, “Your Majesty, it’s the mason’s fault. He did not use quality material to make
Once a stranger entered a village and saw an old man. Then he asked the old man, “How are the people of his village? Are they good or cruel?” The old man didn’t reply but asked him the same question, about the behaviour of the people of his village. Then the stranger replied angrily, “They