The Wicked Barber’s Plight, Birbal wiseness.

The Wicked Barber’s Plight, Birbal wiseness.

As we all know,Birbal was very intelligent , Birbal was not only Emperor Akbar’s favourite minister but also a minister dearly loved by most of the commoners, because of his ready wit and wisdom. People from other states used to come to Birbal for getting good advise .  However, there was a group of ministers and staffs that were jealous of his growing popularity and disliked him intensely ,they always thinking to harm Birbal in any way. They outwardly showered him with praise and compliments, but on the inside, they did not like Birbal at all.One day they approached the king’s barber with a plan. As the barber was extremely close to the king, they asked him to help them get rid of Birbal permanently.They offer a huge some of money to barber for becoming the part of their plan . Barber got ready doing everything according to plan.The next time the king required his services, the barber started a conversation about the emperor’s father who he also used to serve. He sang praises of his fine, silky-smooth hair. And then as an afterthought, he asked the king that as he was enjoying such great prosperity, had he made an attempt to do anything for the welfare of his ancestors?The king was furious at such impertinent stupidity and told the barber that it was not possible to do anything because they were already dead. The barber mentioned that he knew of a magician who could come of help. The magician could send a person up to heaven to enquire about his father’s welfare. But of course this person would have to be chosen carefully; he would have to be intelligent enough to follow the magician’s instructions as well as make on-the-spot decisions. He must be wise, intelligent and responsible. The barber then suggested the best person for the job – the wisest of all ministers, Birbal.The King likes idea of barber .The Barber explained how it will works ,The barber explained that Birbal will sit on fire and with help of few magic he will directly go to the heaven . Finally king called to Birbal and explained everything ,Birbal understand this idea must be from some of his enemy, Birbal asked who given this good idea , Akbar said , barber ,Birbal said to King I am ready to do all these on 2 condition , first one is give me some huge amount of money and 1 month of time to settle my family . King agreed .So Birbal created a Tunnel upto his house from fire place . After one moth when they putted Birbal on fire , Birbal disappear from that tunnel. He disappeared into his house where he hid for a few months while his hair and beard grew long and unruly.In the meantime, his enemies were enjoying as they thought that Birbal has died and he will never come back.  Then one day after many, months Birbal arrived at the palace with news of the king’s father. The king was extremely pleased to see him and ready with a barrage of questions. Birbal told the king that his father was in the best condition and provided all comfort except one. Akbar asked what is lacking .Birbal answered that there were no barbers in heaven, which is why even he was forced to grow his own beard. He said that his father had asked for a good barber.So the king decided to send his own barber to serve his father in heaven. He called both the barber and the magician to prepare to send him to heaven. The barber could say absolutely nothing in his own defence as he was caught in his own trap.