Padishah Birbal ordered:
- Go find a brave man and a coward in the city and bring him to me.
Birbal immediately went to the market. There he talked with one woman and brought her to the padishah. He saw the woman and said:
“Aren’t you deaf today, Birbal?” I told you to find a brave man and a coward, and I see you brought one woman.
“If I am deaf, then you are blind: you see only one, although I brought two.”
- Look at me, Birbal! Don't prevaricate, speak clearly if you have something to say.
- Patron of the poor! This woman is both brave and cowardly.
- How is this so? Prove it.
- Lord of the world! At night, the sky is covered with black clouds, lightning flashes, rain pours, and at such a time, in impenetrable darkness, she goes on a date with her boyfriend. So she is the bravest of the brave. When she lies in bed next to her husband at home, she trembles from every mouse squeak and will never go out the door out of fear. Well, is it possible to be bolder and more cowardly than a woman?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru