
Akbar Sees The Lake
Show Emperor Akbar standing beside a simple palace garden lake, looking across the water toward a tiny distant lamp. Include a few bare winter trees and a calm shoreline.

Show a close view of the poor man in the lake looking toward a single small lamp on a far shore. Use a clear open space between the man and the lamp to show the distance.
Part of Akbar and Birbal Stories

Show Emperor Akbar standing beside a simple palace garden lake, looking across the water toward a tiny distant lamp. Include a few bare winter trees and a calm shoreline.

Show the poor man standing waist-deep in a cold lake at night, holding his arms close while a small lamp glows far away on the shore. Add a large moon and a simple bank.

Show Akbar facing the poor man beside the lake, holding one hand up in refusal while the disappointed man stands respectfully nearby. Include a simple palace wall in the background.

Show Birbal seated beneath a tree with one hand on his chin, looking thoughtfully toward the lake and distant lamp. Akbar and the poor man can appear as small background figures.

Show the palace, a frozen-looking winter lake, a bare tree and the poor man standing in the water while a distant lamp shines from the bank. Akbar and Birbal watch from the shore.

Show Birbal beside a tiny ground fire with a cooking pot hanging very high above it on a tall support. Akbar stands nearby looking puzzled.

Show Birbal stirring a pot of khichdi suspended high above a small fire in a palace courtyard. Akbar watches from the side while a few cooking bowls sit on the ground.

Show Akbar pointing from the far-away fire to the high pot while Birbal smiles gently beside him. Use a clear palace courtyard with one tree and open ground.