Birbal, the Wise
One day, a rich merchant came to birbal, the Wise. He said to Birbal, "I have seven servants in my house. One of them has stolen my bag of precious pearls. Please find out the thief."
So Birbal went to the rich man's house. He called all the seven servants in a room. He gave a stick to each one of them. Then he said, "These are magic stiks. Just now all these sticks are equal in length. Keep them with you and retrn them to me tomorrow. If there is a thief in the house, his stick will grow an inch longer by tomorrow."
The servant who had stolen the bag of pearls was frightened. He thought, "If i cut a piece of one inch from my stick, I won't be caught." So he cut the stick and made it short by an inch.
The next day Birbal collected the stick from the servants. He found that one servant's stick was short by an inch. Birbal pointed his finger at him and sad, "Here is the thief." The servant confessed his crime. He returned the bag of pearls. He was sent to jail.
-credit: Vikas Stories-
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