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One fine morning, a minister went to Emperor Akbar's court to tell the
Emperor some bad news. His gold coins were all gone! They must have
been stolen the night before!
Emperor Akbar was shocked to hear this. The place where the minister lived
was the safest in the kingdom. Surely no one could have broken into the
house to steal the coins! It must have been one of the other ministers who
lived there, too, who took the coins. But who?
When each of the ministers were at the palace, Birbal said, “Now each of you
must turn your hand up, so I can see the palm of your hand.” This was odd
and the ministers did not know what to think of it. But they did as they were
bid.
When Birbal looked at the hand of each minister he saw that each one
of them, except Alim Khan, had a black patch of paint on their palm.
You see, Birbal had painted the donkey's tail with a black coat of
paint! He knew that the one minister who was guilty, in fear, would
not touch the donkey's tail.
And so once again Birbal proved how clever he was, and he was
rewarded by the Emperor with 1000 gold coins.
The end