The Wife Slaps Her Husband

Sham S. Misri
Once Akbar and Birbal went out in disguise to know about the condition in the country .On their way, they saw a wife and husband arguing. The wife, who was considerably shorter than her large husband, slapped her husband on his face. The husband tolerated it and stood there, listening to the abuses of his wife.

Akbar told Birbal”why the husband just stands there and takes all the abuse?”

Birbal replied, “Sir, this is because every man is too much attached to his wife.”
”I don’t believe this!” Akbar said, “Prove it.”
”Very well, Sir. Let us gather some married men in the country and conduct a survey.”
So the married men in Akbar’s kingdom were asked to assemble in the ground. Birbal then addressed them, “My dear fellows, king Akbar wants to know how many of you follow the commands of you wives. All those who obey their wives’ instructions move to the other side of the ground
immediately there was a huge exodus of men to the other side of the ground. Only one man remained where he stood. Akbar expressed his relief at this. “At least there is one man who does not obey his wife like a fool.”
Birbal called the man over and questioned him. “When I called for all those who obey their wife’s command to move to the other side of the ground, why did you not move?”
”Because my wife had told me to stay away from crowds,” the man replied.