
Draw a shorter line without touching it.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Draw a shorter line without touching it.
From the original text · Oral tradition

Under the streetlight, where it is brighter.
From the original text · Oral tradition
The wizard of Berlin, 1936.
From the original text · Biographies
How many stars, where is the centre, how many crows?
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Cooking over a lamp three feet away.
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And then died.
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Who owns the water in the well?
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Rescuing the moon.
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Which is heavier, sin or salt?
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Fair payment.
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Exactly ninety-five thousand.
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Do you know what I am going to say?
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A baby, two women, a wise answer.
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A story Birbal told the court.
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And comes back with a message.
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The water is yours, the well is mine.
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Birbal finds the thief without a search.
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