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Court of Akbar - all courtiers and Birbal present - Akbar
has two flowers in his hand - similar in every way - challenges courtiers to
guess which is real and which is artificial – courtiers handle flowers – cannot
make out the difference – Birbal quietly opens the windows of the court – a bee
flies in and sits on one flower – Birbl claims that is the real flower – Akbar
pleased at Birbal’s cleverness.
Artificial or Natural?
Once in the court of Emperor Akbar, when all the courtiers,
including Birbal, were present, Akbar posed a challenge before them. He had two
flowers in his hand. Both were similar in every way. Akbar announced that one
of the flowers was real and the other was artificial. He asked the courtiers if
they could determine which was the natural flower.
The flowers were passed through the hands of all the
courtiers, but they were so ingeniously similar that no one could tell the
difference. Even the fragrance of both was the same. Birbal too handled the
flowers, but there was an expression of doubt on his face. After some thought,
Birbal quietly asked the guards to open the windows of the Darbar. There was
complete silence for some time. All the courtiers were puzzled at Birbal’s
action. Then suddenly from the court garden, a bee buzzed through one of the
windows. It flew about here and there for some time. Finally it came to one of
the flower and settled upon it.
“That Jahanpanah,” said Birbal, “is the real flower. The
other one is artificial.”