2• The Shorter Line ✏️

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Once when The King Akbar
Was in the leisure of a little game,
He drew a simple line on the ground
It was forbidden to touch the same.

But the challenge was as follows
That the line should be made,
Shorter than what it is now
Without making any of its parts fade.

Puzzled went the courtiers
And leapt out of the race,
"How to make it shorter this way?
This is completely a gone case."

Then came forward Birbal flashing
A bright smile and an idea in his head,
He claimed to satisfy the King
According to what he exactly said.

He simply drew another line near
And longer than the other one,
While the others kept watching
To notice what just happened.

It was now clear enough
That the line King Akbar drew,
Became shorter in comparison
And longer the next one grew.

So that's how 'The Clever Birbal'
Proved himself the smartest of all,
And with his great skills, he won
The hearts of the crowd in the hall.

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