The Axe and The Woodcutter

This story ,about The Axe and The Woodcutter,Once there live a woodcutter in a village.He was poor but hard working He used to go to the forest to cut down trees for woods.He sold them in a market and earn money for some food.One day as he was cutting a tree,his axe anciently fell into the river.The river was deep and was flowing fast.It cried away his axe swiftly.The woodcutter sat at a bank of the river and began to cry.

Suddenly,the Goddess of the river arose and asked what happened.The woodcutter told her the story.The goddess of the river offered to help him by looking for his axe.She disappear into the river and soon came up with a golden axe.The goddess asked the woodcutter if it was his axe,but the woodcutter said it was not his.She disappear again and his time came back with a sliver axe.She asked him if it belongs to him,but the woodcutter said that it was not either.The goddess disappeared into the water again and this time came back with an iron axe.The woodcutter jumped with joy and said it was his.The goddess was impressed with the woodcutter’s honesty and gifted him both the golden and the sliver axes.

Moral:Honesty is the best policy.