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116: Akbar Birbal - The Line That Couldn’t Be Shortened
One morning, Emperor Akbar called his whole court together.He walked to the middle of the floor.Took a piece of chalk.And drew a single straight line.“Make this line shorter,” he said.“But you may not erase any of it. And you may not touch it.”The ministers looked at the line.They looked at each other.One of them suggested a rug.Nobody had an answer.Then Birbal, the one man in the court half of them couldn’t stand, stepped forward.A classic Akbar and Birbal story from Indian folklore.New story every day. Follow so you never miss one.
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