Akbar question his courtiers, “Minus four from twelve what is left?” all the courtiers unanimously Replied, “Your Highness, eight remains.” He looked at Birbal. Birbal replied, “Your Highness, nothing remains.” “How is that?” asked Akbar. “Your Highness, a year has twelve months, out of which are four months of monsoon. If Four months of monsoon are taken out then nothing is left. Without water everything will perish.”
