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Develop the following hints.
Akbar - Birbal - courtiers jealous of Birbal - ask Akbar - test Birbal wiseness - Courtier puts a question - How many crows in Agra - Birbal asks for a week - every day sitting on the terrace - looking at the crows- after a week - courtier asks - Birbal says 156757 crows - asks the courtier to check- Akbar laughs.
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Solution
BIRBAL THE WISE
Akbar and Birbal were good friends. The courtiers were jealous of Birbal. They asked king Akbar to test his wiseness. The courtiers put a question to Birbal that how many crows were in Agra. Birbal asked them for a week to say the answer. Every day he looked at the crows by on the terrace. After a week the courtiers asked him to say the answer. Birbal said that there were 156757 crows in. Agra. He asked them to check it. Akbar laughed at it.
Moral: Intelligence and wit can solve even the most difficult challenges.
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