A learned Pundit once visited the court of
Akbar. He told the King and his courtiers that he had mastery over many different languages.
The Pundit could speak many languages fluently. He was so fluent that no one could find out
what his mother tongue was. He challenged everybody at the court to name his
mother tongue. When everyone failed, the challenge was taken up by Birbal.
That night, Birbal went quietly to the
Pundit's room when he was asleep. He whispered into the Pundit's ear and tickled it with a feather. The Pundit, half awake, cried out suddenly and shouted out words in his mother tongue.
Birbal came to the court the next day and
told everyone that the Pundit's mother tongue was Telugu. The Pundit was surprised and accepted the truth.
King Akbar then asked Birbal. "How did
you find the truth?"
Birbal answered. "In times of
difficulty, a person speaks only in his mother
tongue." He also told the King how he had gone to the Pundit's room at night to find out the truth.
tongue." He also told the King how he had gone to the Pundit's room at night to find out the truth.
2 comments:
Of course, it easier when you are writing in the language that you grew up speaking. While many of us who may read this post grew up speaking English
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English is spoken throughout the world because it is soooo easy to learn! How many verb tenses are there?
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