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0 Guest Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Birbal explained to the king that the gardener was very loyal to him. Fearing people may think poorly of the king for killing him for no reason, he was now giving the king a "good" reason to execute him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Smith Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 This is a trick question, of the classic "bait and switch" variety. Bilbal knew of Akbar's respect and loyalty FOR THE KING, not for the Emperor (read the OP carefully)! Furthermore, there are UNTOLD DETAILS lurking behind this riddle. The rock which the Emperor stumbled over was in fact the very same rock which the King (the King being a ruler of a neighboring province) had thrown at the Emperor earlier that day as each had been walking the Royal Dogs. Now The Royal Dogs also had issues with each other due to the long-standing rivalry of Pit Bull vs. Doberman, but that is another riddle. The Emperor had an extremely bad throwing arm, and when he attempted to toss the rock back at the King and his dog, he ended up throwing it into his own garden (these are small provinces in SillyLand). The gardener Akbar, not wanting to get his fingerprints on the rock for fear of being blamed for the rock attack (his loyalty to the neighboring King being widely known as he was a distant descendant of the King's people with the obvious mark of a third eye which all the people of the King's kingdom were born with), did not dare relocate the rock despite its having landed square in the middle of the Emperor's walking path. Bilbal simply pointed out that Akbar's fingerprints were surely not to be found on the rock. When Akbar's prints were not found on the rock, the furious Emperor called in his Crime Scene Investigative staff (CSI-SillyLand) to do a deep analysis of the DNA of the oils found on the surface of the rock. Luckily for Akbar, the DNA of his ancestors had mutated over generations past (their third eyes were blue, whereas his was brown) and his innocence was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt in the blink of a third eye! Easy-peasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 This is a trick question, of the classic "bait and switch" variety. Bilbal knew of Akbar's respect and loyalty FOR THE KING, not for the Emperor (read the OP carefully)! Furthermore, there are UNTOLD DETAILS lurking behind this riddle. The rock which the Emperor stumbled over was in fact the very same rock which the King (the King being a ruler of a neighboring province) had thrown at the Emperor earlier that day as each had been walking the Royal Dogs. Now The Royal Dogs also had issues with each other due to the long-standing rivalry of Pit Bull vs. Doberman, but that is another riddle. The Emperor had an extremely bad throwing arm, and when he attempted to toss the rock back at the King and his dog, he ended up throwing it into his own garden (these are small provinces in SillyLand). The gardener Akbar, not wanting to get his fingerprints on the rock for fear of being blamed for the rock attack (his loyalty to the neighboring King being widely known as he was a distant descendant of the King's people with the obvious mark of a third eye which all the people of the King's kingdom were born with), did not dare relocate the rock despite its having landed square in the middle of the Emperor's walking path. Bilbal simply pointed out that Akbar's fingerprints were surely not to be found on the rock. When Akbar's prints were not found on the rock, the furious Emperor called in his Crime Scene Investigative staff (CSI-SillyLand) to do a deep analysis of the DNA of the oils found on the surface of the rock. Luckily for Akbar, the DNA of his ancestors had mutated over generations past (their third eyes were blue, whereas his was brown) and his innocence was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt in the blink of a third eye! Easy-peasy. Akbar is the Emperor, not the gardener (but is sometimes the Admiral). The gardener likely tripped over the stairs or rug in front of the emperor, thus putting the emperor in the shoes of the gardener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 @Joey I think you're right. That's often what birbal does to Akbar. @Arjit Love it! In fact, you could do a whole chain of Akbar-birbal riddles, there are so many stories like that out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Birbal explained to the king that the gardener was very loyal to him. Fearing people may think poorly of the king for killing him for no reason, he was now giving the king a "good" reason to execute him. That sounds like a rational conclusion. I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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