Akbar and Birbal s story

The Bag Of Coins

Once there was a big quarrel between an oil seller and a butcher. When they could not come to terms with each other, they approached Birbal to solve their dispute.

When the Butcher was asked the reason for the contention he said," While I was selling meat in my shop, the oil seller came to me and asked for the oil container, when I went inside to fetch it, he stole my bag of gold coins and started saying that it belongs to him."

The oil seller exclaimed," No sir, it is false. This bag is really mine. While I was putting coins in the bag, he saw the bag full of money and said it was his."

Birbal consistently asked for the truth, but both said that they were telling the truth.

Birbal finally asked the servants to bring a tank full of water and dipped the bag of coins into it. At once, the oil started floating over the water and Birbal realized that the bag really belonged to the oil seller, so he gave the bag of coins to him and the butcher was severely punished.