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Birbal Shortens the Line
Draw a shorter line without touching it.
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The wizard of Berlin, 1936.
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The night he crossed the river.
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Maiya mori main nahin makhan khayo.
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A gift refused.
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Looking for the bad and finding yourself.
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Love turned to Rama.
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The guru who told him what to sing.
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The Ganga in a bowl.
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How many stars, where is the centre, how many crows?
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Ghungroos and a hundred turns.
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The oldest city's oldest lamp.
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Ramananda's foot on the ghat.
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The old man at the back of the Ramayana recital.
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How Surdas described Krishna's face.
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The flowers under the sheet.
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A Ramayana in the people's tongue.
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Cooking over a lamp three feet away.
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And then died.
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Slowly, slowly, the gardener waters.
From the original text · The saints' own songs
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Forty verses in a prison cell, in the living tradition.
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Who owns the water in the well?
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Rescuing the moon.
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Why the greeting in Braj is her name.
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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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Bismillah Khan at the wedding gate.
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Birbal finds the thief without a search.
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