Once, a thief broke into Birbal’s house. When Birbal woke up due to the noise, the thief hid in a dark corner behind a lamp. The place was dusty and the thief sneezed. Birbal stood at a distance from the lamp and said, “Dear Lamp, why are you quiet tonight? Is there someone else in […]
Once a monkey was wandering in a forest searching for food. As to his bad luck, he got caught up in a trap. He tried his best to get free but lost his tail in the struggle. He felt very small, thinking that now every monkey would laugh at him. He felt so sad that
Once upon a time, two cats found a piece of bread and cut it into two pieces. But one piece was slightly bigger than the other. Both the cats wanted the bigger piece. Then they went to a monkey, who was taking a rest in the branch of a tree. They asked him to sort
Once a fisherman was reclining against the dock with a few fish in his bucket. A rich merchant was passing over there and noticed him. He asked, “Why are you squandering your time in rest? Go and trap some more fish.” The fisherman replied, “I have caught all I need for today and I am
One day, Emperor Akbar said to Birbal, “I have a challenge that you cannot face.” Surprised, Birbal asked, “What is it, Your Majesty?” Akbar said, “The oldest member of this court is a serious man. Let’s see how you bring me his nightwear without asking him to give them to you.” Birbal said, “I always
There was a kind-hearted and generous king. Once there spread famine in his kingdom. There remained nothing to eat, so the king ordered to open the godown of the grains of his kingdom so that poor people might also get benefited and eat the food of the kitchen of his palace. Finally, that time when
Once there was a ravenous bear that went riverside in search of food. He started searching for fish into the water. He saw a fish and pounced on it but soon left the fish thinking, that it’s too small to fill his stomach. Then he caught another fish and found it too small, so he
Once in a country, a very devastating famine occurred which caused many creatures to die before time. There lived a group of doves. The oldest dove said to them to move towards a mountainous place, where they could at least have little grains. But they found nothing. Among them there was a greedy dove, who
Jumman and Imam were Birbal’s neighbours. One day, Jumman complained to Akbar that Imam had stolen brinjals from his field. But Imam said, “Your Majesty, I took the brinjals with the permission of Jumman’s field. Akbar asked, “Can you explain yourself?” Imam said, “Before plucking a brinjal, I asked, ‘O Field! Shall I pluck one
This is the story of that epoch when there was no entity of light, so people were anxious to bring the light in villages because darkness made their life gloomy. So they had decided to throw one basket of darkness daily. This custom continued for long. In that village, a man named Ashish lived; he
Once, a king decided to give his kingdom’s biggest prize to a boy for his bravery. But the boy was not happy with this. When the king came to know, he himself went to the boy and said him to ask for anything as a reward. But the boy again denied taking anything. When the
Once there was a gardener having a beautiful garden of flower-plants-mostly rose plants. By chance a lily plant blossomed near a rose-bush. A lily plant is believed to yield flowers that never fade and have an everlasting beauty. But the rose flowers have a short life. The lily said to the rose, “How beautiful you
Once a saint lived in a distant isolated hut. Yet, people went to him to get panacea for their problems. One day, an enormously wealthy man decided to go there and inquire about religion in the world. He asked, “Life can’t run without money, so wealth should be given more priority than religion.” Then the
A deer and a doe lived happily in the forest. Once a big confrontation occurred. One day, the doe left her abode and went to a nearby jungle and started staying with another deer. They enjoyed their life. When they both were resting in a cave, they heard the roar of a lion. The doe
It was a fine day during the rainy season. A peacock was dancing happily in a forest. Suddenly, he was reminded of his ugly rough voice. His face turned pale and his eyes started watering. Suddenly, he saw a nightingale sitting on a nearby tree and singing. Listening to her voice, the peacock lamented, “What