King Akbar was a very kind-hearted man. Every morning, he
took Birbal, his favourite courtier, in the villages and cities where he heard the
grievances of the people.
One day, in the market they found an old woman carrying a
sword in her hands. Akbar stopped beside her and asked “What are you doing with
this sword?”
The old woman said, “Majesty, his sword was lying with me for
many years. Now I want to sell this sword so that I get some money which will
help me in my bad days.”
Akbar took the sword from her, took it out of its case and
closely inspected it. It was rusted and useless. Akbar returned it back to the
old woman and said, “This is
of no use to me.” The woman took it out of the case and
looked at it with surprised eyes. Akbar was left astonished. He asked “What’s
wrong? Why are you so surprised?”
Birbal interrupted and said, “Majesty, she is astonished
because a very common saying is proved wrongly today.”
“Which saying are you talking about?” asked Akbar.
“That iron when comes in contact with Paras Mani gets
converted to gold. This iron sword came in your hands, but it is still an iron
one,” explained Birbal.
“Yes, Majesty, this is the reason why I was so surprised,”
said the old woman.
Akbar instantly asked the treasurer to replace the iron sword
in the hands of the old woman with a golden sword.
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