One fine day, Akbar, accompanied
by his two sons and his clever Minister Birbal, went to the river to take
a bath.
They asked Birbal to hold their clothes
while they were bathing and took off their clothes and stepped into the
river.
Birbal stood at the bank of the river,
waiting for them, with their clothes on his shoulder. Looking at Birbal
standing like this, Akbar felt like teasing him and remarked that Birbal
looked like a washerman's donkey with a load of clothes.
Birbal quickly retorted that he was
carrying the load of not just one donkey, but actually three.
