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A woodcutter was chopping down trees on the bank of a river. His hands were so much wet with his sweat that he lost his grip......
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Once a woodcutter was chopping down trees on the bank of a river. His hands were so much wet with his sweat the that he lost his grip on the handle of the axe and the axe fell in the river. He looked at the river with disbelief.
Now what can he do? He doesn't have enough money to buy a new axe and without the axe, he can't even sell the wood. The moment he was trying to take out his axe from the river, a beautiful water fairy came out from the river. The woodcutter got startled by her sudden appearance. Smiling at the woodcutter, she was holding an axe made up of silver. She asked "Is this is your axe?" the woodcutter replied "No. This is not my axe." The water fairy dunked down the water fairy asked again, holding an axe made of gold "Is this is your axe?" "This is also not my axe. My axe is just a simple one." The woodcutter replied.
Smiling, the fairy dunked down once again and took the axe of the woodcutter and said " You are honest. Here, your axe and take these two axe as an reward."
Delighted, the woodcutter took those axe and replied " Thank you so much, Water Fairy!" Hearing this, the Water Fairy dunked down the river blessing the woodcutter.
That onwards, the woodcutter lived happily.
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Honesty Pays in the Long RunA woodcutter was chopping down trees on the bank of a river. His hands were so much wet with his sweat that he lost his grip over the axe. It slipped away from his hands and fell down into the river. The poor man couldn’t even swim. He thought that his axe was lost forever. He was very sad at his misfortune and started sobbing and weeping. Suddenly there was a flash of light. The God of the Forests appeared before him. The woodcutter explained what had happened. He consoled him. “Don’t you worry. I’ll get back your axe for you” said the God of Forests. Having said these words he dived into the river. After a few moments he came out with an axe. It was made of gold. “Is this yours?” he asked. The woodcutter only said “No!”. A few seconds later he came out of the river with another axe. It was made of silver. “No no sir this is not mine” said the woodcutter. He dived again and came out with the third axe. The woodcutter cried loudly looking at the axe “Yes yes it’s mine—the woodcutter’s axe with an iron blade”. The God of Forests was impressed with the woodcutter’s honesty. “Keep all three of the