睡前小故事23——只有一个问题

Just one question One day a scholar came to challenge Birbal. He asked Birbal,‘’Would you prefer to answer a hundred easy questions or just a single difficult one?‘’ Both the emperor and Birbal had had a difficult day and were impatient to leave. ‘’Ask me one difficult question,‘’said Birbal. ‘’Well,then,tell me,which came first into the world,the chicken or the egg?‘’ ‘’The chicken,‘’replied Birbal. ‘’How do you know?‘’asked the scholar, a note of triumph in his voice. ‘’We had agreed that you could ask only one question and you have already done so,‘’said Birbal.Then he walked away with the Emperor,leaving the scholar gaping.