One day Akbar was
taking a walk in his Royal gardens with several courtiers. Many flowers were
flowering at that time of season. A poet pointed out towards a beautiful flower
and said, "Look Jahaanpanaah, how beautiful flower that is? No man can
produce such a beautiful thing as this." Birbal was also there. He said,
"I don't agree with this, sometimes man can make more beautiful things
than this." Akbar said, "Oh no Birbal, you are talking nonsense. This
flower is really very beautiful."
After a few days,
Birbal presented Akbar a very skilled craftsman from Agra. He presented a
beautiful carved marble bouquet of flowers. The Emperor was very happy to see
it, and gave him one thousand gold coins.
Just then a boy came
and presented the Emperor a beautiful bouquet of real flowers. The Emperor was
very happy to see it too, so he gave a silver coin to the boy. Birbal said,
"So the carving was more beautiful than the real thing."
Akbar understood that
he had fallen in the hands of his witty minister once again.
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