The Birbal Tales: From the Oral Traditions of India (Book, James Moseley, 2001)

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What's got Birbal worried? Emperor Akbar's barber, who's envious of Birbal, just told Akbar that he dreamed that Akbar's father is surrounded by boring people in the afterlife, and that his father wants the wise and witty Birbal sent up there... the traditional way.