Question

varthana
English Worksheet
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Instructions:
Answer the following
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
A Woodcutter was hard at work beside a river. He chopped it
by one. He stacked the small branches in one pile and the large bra
rew tired. By accident, he dropped his axe into the deep river. He
s hands.
The Woodcutter heard a sound in the nearby bushes. He
e man dressed all in green. He thought perhaps it was one of
e correct. “Why are you so upset?” asked the Wood Gnome.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Once there lived a poor woodcutter. He earned his living by cutting wood in the jungle and selling it in the market. One day he was cutting wood on the bank of a river. Accidentally his axe fell down into the river. The river was deep. He could not take his axe out. He sat on the bank and began to weep. The goddess of water heard his cry and appeared before him. She asked him why he was weeping. The woodcutter told her that he had only one axe with which he used to cut wood and earn his living. As the axe had fallen into the river, he was weeping. The goddess dived into the river and brought a golden axe. The woodcutter refused to take it saying that it was not his. The goddess dived again and brought a silver axe. The woodcutter did not take it either. Then she brought an iron axe. The woodcutter took it gladly saying that it was his. The goddess was much pleased with his honesty and gave him all the three axes. The woodcutter was overjoyed and went home thanking the goddess. The moral of the story is, ‘Honesty is the best policy'.