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Let us enjoy reading this one of Birbal Stories of Birbal Returns Home. Birbal was in Persia at the invitation of the king of that country. Parties were given in his honor and rich presents were heaped on him. On the eve of his departure for home, a

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The Emperor Akbar was traveling to a distant place along with some of his courtiers. It was a hot day and the emperor was tiring of the journey. Cant anybody shorten this road for me? he asked, querulously. I can, said Birbal. The other courtiers loo

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One day the Emperor Akbar startled his courtiers with a strange question. If somebody pulled my whiskers what sort of punishment should be given to him? he asked. He should be flogged! said one courtier. He should be hanged! said another. He should b

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Birbal arrived late for a function and the emperor was displeased. My child was crying and I had to placate him, explained the courtier. Does it take so long to calm down a child? asked the emperor. It appears you know nothing about child rearing. No

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A farmer and his neighbor once went to Emperor Akbar's court with a complaint. Your Majesty, I bought a well from him, said the farmer pointing to his neighbor, and now he wants me to pay for the water. That's right, your Majesty, said the neighbor.

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One day Akbar and Birbal were riding through the countryside and they happened to pass by a cabbage patch. Cabbages are such delightful vegetables! said Akbar. I just love cabbage. The cabbage is king of vegetables! said Birbal. A few weeks later the

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One fine morning, a minister from Emperor Akbar's court had gathered in the assembly hall. He informed the Emperor that all his valuables had been stolen by a thief the previous night. Akbar was shocked to hear this because the place where that minis

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One day Akbar asked his courtiers if they could tell him the difference between truth and falsehood in three words or less. The courtiers looked at one another in bewilderment. What about you, Birbal? asked the emperor. I'm surprised that you too are

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As you've probably experienced firsthand, some mosquito species have a real taste for warm, human blood. So much so that if you raise them on it the lab, they'll accept no substitute. Fortunately, I don't get major reactions at all. Brad Main is a mo

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By Jim Teeple Ramallah 23 January 2006 Politicians in the Palestinian territories wrapped up final day of campaigning Monday, ahead of crucial vote Wednesday to elect new legislature Politicians in th

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Oum Sok began working as a cyclo driver when he was 18. He says the city has become very expensive over the years, making it much harder to earn a living. New York has its yellow cab. London has its red bus. But Phnom Penh has its cyclo - a three-whe

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The State Department said Thursday an agreement for the start of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is close to completion. The deal will apparently be sealed by statements from the United States and the International Middle East

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ROME, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Italy lacks the necessary energy(能量,活力) and strength for an economic revival while unemployment and poverty are on the rise, warned a report issued Friday. The 44th edition of the Censis think tank social survey, the

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In Africa's battle against malaria, two low-tech tacticsinsecticides and bed netshave done a decent job killing off mosquitoes. But it's mainly one species that's been affected. That's a species called Anopheles gambiae, sometimes called the African

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The Ant and the Dove An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. A dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the strea

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Mando-pop diva A-Mei Zhang has hit the promotion tour in Beijing for her newly-released album Story Thief. Beyond Story Thief, A-Mei Zhang is also suggesting that another cut, Full Name, may well be one of the hits off her 19th album. Many netizens h

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You might not think there would be that many people in the world prepared to devote lifetimes to the study of something so inescapably low key, 你或许会认为,世界上不会有多少人愿意花毕生的心血来研究那个不起眼儿的东西

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学英语单词
'Abā al 'Abal
a form of
acetaminophin
amidofluroide mecury
ancestral species
Anglicanization
arteriae transversa colli
auto-regressive error
average prestige score
balance lug
batch sand mixer
bayqongyr (baykonyr)
cepheid
chariots of fire
climbout
codes of behavior
Colymycin-M
Congaree Swamp National Monument
conventional lending
CRCE (cavity reactor critical experiment)
creative mix
crimp wire netting
cryptographic key authentication
deficiency notice
deoxyschizan
devenir
dumbsized
Euler Seamount
eutric histosols
fernalds
firing tower
Flemish dialect
fruitade
gamecast
gearoid
glycosylsph
goldney
hairline crack
Heilong River
hematapostema
hexosemonophosphate pathway
hoity toity
hyperempathy
induction moisture meter for textile
inter bank cheques
Kessel-Lo
kippy
long-vowels
magnifying laryngoscope
microforms
mixed inheritance
motjeko (s. africa)
neofunctionalism
Nirenberg, Marshall Warren
nitric acid tests
nodosa ophthalmia
not-men
oddwoman
on the motion of sb.
one-way grid nesting
Ouabaio schimperi
outside the planned market
pick at
Pilotage Right
Polygnathy
polyisocyanurates
production and technical indication
pseudechiss
pteragogus enneacanthus
pyridoxolactonase
rate-of-rise heat activated divice
rated impulse protective level
remote clock
rostovs
rush plant
self charge
shoestring catches
single spindle
slotted counter sunk flat head wood screw
space of teeth
special trailer
submission time
subpicogram
Taka Atoll
terminal brush
thinky
third estates
thymoquinol
thysen emmel
took the initiative
total enterprise game
transarisanensis
tweaking
uk bike
unprogrammed balance
Vaguebooking
virguliform
volt-ampere hours
whirling fluidized bed
woodcutter
wraskle
xenocyanine