Question

Write briefly the story of mercury and the wood cutter to know the meaning honest

Answer 1

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The Honest Woodcutter, also known as Mercury and the Woodman and The Golden Axe, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 173 in the Perry Index. It serves as a cautionary tale on the need for cultivating honesty, even at the price of self-interest.

Answer 2

" MERCURY AND THE

WOODCUTTER"

Once upon a time there lived a woodcutter in a village. He was

very poor. He earned

his living by cutting and selling wood. One day as he was cutting down a tree on the bank of a river, his axe accidentally fell into the river. He did not know how to swim. He was too poor to buy a new axe. So he began to weep bitterly.

God Mercury heard him weeping. He appeared before the woodcutter. He asked him why he was weeping. The woodcutter told him the whole story. God Mercury was moved to pity. He dived into to the river. A momen later, he brought out an axe made of gold. The woodcutter said that it was not his axe and refused to take it. God Mercury again dived into the water. This time he brought out an axe made of silver. The woodcutter refused to take that one also.

God Mercury dived into the water yet again. This time he came out with an iron axe. The delighted wood-cutter cried. "Yes sir, this is my axe indeed. Thank you so much." Pleased at his honesty, God Mercury gave him all the three axes.

*MORAL* : Honesty is the best policy.