Once a rich merchant’s house was robbed. The merchant suspected
that the thief was one of his servants. So he went to Birbal and mentioned the
incident. Birbal went to his house and assembled all of his servants and asked
that who stole the merchant’s things. Everybody denied.
Birbal thought for a moment then gave a stick of equal length to
all the servants of the merchant and said to them that the stick of the real
thief will be longer by two inches tomorrow. All the servants should be present
here again tomorrow with their sticks.
All the servants went to their homes and gathered again at the same
place the next day. Birbal asked them to show him their sticks. One of the
servants had his stick shorter by two inches. Birbal said, “This is your thief,
merchant.”
Later the merchant asked Birbal, “How did you catch him?” Birbal
said, “The thief had already cut his stick short by two inches in the night
fearing that his stick will be longer by two inches by morning.”
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