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A miser promised to share his blanket with a poor man and revealed his heart when Birbal asked him to decide which half.
A wealthy miser declared his charity by offering a blanket to a shivering beggar—then tugged it back when the man reached for the warm center. Birbal proposed a fair split: the miser could keep the half he had kept warm already, and give the half that had not touched him. The court grinned as the man blushed and produced a proper shawl.
