Count of all the Crows in the Kingdom
King Akbar was a kind-hearted man. On one evening, when Akbar and Birbal were on their daily walks in the palace gardens, they noticed the lurching of a host of crows on the garden trees. Suddenly Akbar got a thought:"How many crows are there in my kingdom?"
He asked Birbal, “Birbal, What do you think? How many crows would be there in my Kingdom?”
Birbal had wit enough to realize what to do in such emergency. He thought for a while and said, "There are ninety five thousand four hundred and sixty-three crows in the kingdom".
Amazed at his quick answer, Akbar got curious and tried to outfit him.
"What if there be more crows than you answered?" said King Akbar.
Birbal replied without hesitation, "Then some crows must have visited from neighboring kingdoms."
"And what if there be less crows?" asked Akbar.
Instantly Birbal said, "Then some crows from our kingdom must have gone on vacation to other parts."
King Akbar, thereby, realized that Birbal's wit was a hard nut to crack. Nevertheless, he realized his administrative folly on statistical data.
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