AKBAR BIRBAL - POPULAR STORIES IN EASY ENGLISH

STARS AND MUSTARD The friendship between Akbar and Birbal is well known. Birbal was very popular among the poets and pundits in the court of Akbar. Akbar was so intimate with Birbal that both of them used to sit hours together and spend time in happy mood. There were thousands of humorous conversations between them. The following are a few of them. One day while walking in his palace, Akbar looked at the shining stars on the sky. Then he got a naughty idea. He laughed at his own idea. The next day Akbar attended his court as usual. All the dignitaries settled their allotted places. Birbal sat beside the emperor. Then in Akbar recollected the idea he got the previous night and addressed the members of the court. "Look, I wanted to present a thousand gold coins to anybody who can count the stars in the sky and tell me the exact number. I will give fifteen days time for this". AKBAR - BIRBAL STARS AND MUSTARD