Then Akbar came to know that not only the necklace but few other precious things have also gone missing in the past few days from his palace. Unable to resolve the situation, he asked Birbal to help.

 

Birbal brought along a friend of his, a magical donkey, to solve the mystery. He asked each suspect to go alone in the tent and hold the donkey’s tail and if the person was the thief, the donkey will identify him and give him a good kick. Everyone followed Birbal’s instruction other than the thief. As Birbal had sprayed a powerful scent on Donkey’s tail and thief avoided touching the donkey’s tail out of fear, he was finally caught. 

King Akbar’s son was complimented for his beauty by everyone in the court. Akbar also agreed to the fact that his son was the most beautiful child in the world but Birbal did not agree to it completely. According to Birbal, Akbar’s son was definitely beautiful but not the most beautiful child in the whole world. 

Furious, Akbar challenged Birbal to bring to him a child who was more beautiful than his son and prove him wrong. After a few days, Birbal takes Akbar to a place in the disguise of a common man to meet a poor woman. Though the child is extremely poor and playing in mud, Birbal calls him the most beautiful child in the world. 

 

Akbar refutes this and the child starts to cry. Listening to this, child’s mother comes out and starts fighting with Akbar and calls her son the most beautiful child in the world. Then Akbar realizes that for a parent, their own child is always the most beautiful child in the whole world. Among the many Akbar Birbal stories for kids, this one happens to be their favorite.