How Akbar met Birbal story of Akbar Birbal-Readers web
How Akbar meet Birbal?
Akbar loved hunting and used to escape
to go for hunting even from his studies.
Well, later he became a better rider and
hunter than any one of his courtiers. One
day when Akbar went for hunting, he and
his some of the courtiers went so fast
that they left the others behind. As the
evening fell, everybody got very hungry
and thirsty, they found that they had lost
their way and now did not know where to
go.
At last they came to a junction of three
roads. King was very happy to see the
roads that now he could go reach his
capital through one of these roads, but
which road was to go to his capital-
Agra. They were all thinking about it and
could not decide it. In the mean time they
saw a young boy coming along one road.
The boy was summoned and Akbar asked
him, "Hey young boy! Which road goes
to Agra? The boy smiled and spoke,
"Huzoor, everybody knows that road
cannot move so how these roads can go
to Agra or anywhere else? and laughed
at his own joke.
Everybody was silent, didnt say a word.
The boy said again, "People travel, not
the roads. Do they?" Emperor laughed
at this and said, "No, you are right." The
Emperor asked again, "What is your
name, young boy? "Mahesh Das" The
boy replied and asked the Emperor,
"And who are you Huzoor? What is your
name? The Emperor took out his Ring
and gave it to the boy. "You are talking to
Emperor Akbar - the King of Hindustaan
(India). We need fearless people like you.
You come to the court, with this Ring I
will recognize you immediately. Now tell
me the way to get to Agra. We have to
reach there soon?
Mahesh Das bowing lowly pointed
towards the road going to Agra, and the

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