One day, the great Indian Emperor Akbar came to court, drew a line on the wall and then asked the court members:
— How can I make this line shorter without touching it?
Everyone was silent. But one person laughed. It was the famous joker Birbal. He stood up, went to the wall and drew his own line, larger than the first, above the line that Akbar had drawn, and said:
“So I made your line shorter without touching it, because size and length are relative things.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru