One Day a scholar came to the court of Emperor
Akbar and challenged Birbal to answer his questions and thus prove that he was
as clever as people said he was. He asked Birbal: "Would you prefer to
answer a hundred easy questions or just a single difficult one?"
Both the emperor and Birbal had had a difficult day and were impatient to
leave.
"Ask me one difficult question," sad Birbal.
"Well, then, tell me," said the man, "which came first into the
world, the chicken or the egg?"
"The chicken," replied Birbal.
"How do you know?" asked the scholar, a note of triumph in his voice.
"We had agreed you would ask only one question and you have already asked
it" said Birbal and he and the emperor walked away leaving the scholar
gaping
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