A WITTY ANSWER

                                                      (jai ma kali)
                      A  WITTY ANSWER
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   The great potentate, Akbar, was in the habit of posing outlandish questions to his courtiers for telling the appropriate answer. One day he asked them to tell how many crows are there in the city. All the noblemen were unable to tell the exact number of the crows. They hung their  pates in exasperation. Just at that precise moment Birbal entered the courtroom. The potentate confronted him with this question. Birbal responded tout-de-suite,

  " There are fifty thousand five hundred eighty nine crows in this city."
  Akbar was agape. He rejoined, " How can you be so sure?"
 " Your Majesty", Birbal said," Ask your men to count the numbers. If the numbers exceed my numbers, then it means that some crows have come here to visit their kith and kin. If the number is less than my numbers, then it means some crows have gone to their relatives somewhere else."
 The emperor was speechless !
 MORAL....
  A WITTY ANSWER SERVES ITS PURPOSE !!
                                                       ---- DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA
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