Desibaba

Maharaja Ranjit Singh had a favourite horse called Lailee, which he had procured after a battle with the king of Afganistan. He had explicity forbidden any body else to ride it. One day Kanwar Kharak Singh the eldest son of the Maharaja rode away on Lailee inpite the pleas of the keeper of the horse. When Maharaja heard about it he was very angry and asked the courtier to present the prince in the durbar for punishment. The prince was aware of the anger of his father therefore he approached faqir Ajeezuzdeen, the foreign minister to intercede for him. Next day when prince presented himself before the Maharaja he asked him why he should not be punished for disobeying the orders. Faqir AJeezuzdeen got up and said that the prince must be punished. He rode away on the horse as if it was his papa’s property. Everybody including the Maharaja started laughing and the prince was forgiven