Once the Badshah said to Birbal, “I had a wonderful dream last night. I dreamt that I slipped into a tank of scented oils, and can you imagine where you fell?”
“No, Jahanpanah!" replied Birbal.
“It was a sewage tank into which you fell,” said the Badshah.
“I had also a similar dream,” said Birbal, “but there was something more in it.”
“What was it?” asked Akbar.
“In the dream, I saw that I was licking Jahanpanah's body and Jahanpanah was licking mine.”
Thus the jest recoiled upon the Badshah who deemed it wise to keep silent.
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