One day King Akbar said thoughtfully, “Birbal! I got an amusing thought. See, all the professionals Whose names or trades and with ‘er’ as small people like miser, cobbler, Gardner, water-carrier or Driver. What do you think?”  “You are absolutely right, Emperor Akbar,” Birbal replied.  First Akbar didn’t get it. Then suddenly he realized the way Birbal had pronounced his name and the title. He had to laugh. 

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