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| An Honest Woodcutter story |
Story-1
Starting: Once there lived a woodcutter in a village. He was poor but very honest. He earned his livelihood by selling wood in the market. One day, while he was cutting wood near a river, suddenly, his axe fell into the river......
An Honest Woodcutter
Once there lived a woodcutter in a village. He was poor but very honest. He earned his livelihood by selling wood in the market. One day, while he was cutting wood near a river, suddenly, his axe fell into the river. Then he sat beside the river and began to cry bitterly. Then a wonderful thing happened. A fairy appeared before him from the river. She asked him why he was crying. The woodcutter told her everything. The fairy took pity on him. She went into the river and came back with a “golden axe”. But the honest woodcutter didn't feel tempted. He said that the axe wasn't his own one. The fairy again dived into the river and brought a silver axe. The woodcutter told her that it too wasn't his own axe. Now the fairy again dived into the river and brought a standard iron axe. This time he told that it was his. The fairy became considerably pleased with the poor woodcutter's honesty and devotion to truth. So She gave the woodcutter all three axes. He sold the silver and gold axes within the market, got a great amount of cash and have become a rich man. He thus began to lead a peaceful life.
Moral: Honesty is the best policy. Honesty is always rewarded. Truthfulness has its reward.
Story-2
An Honest Woodcutter
Once there lived a poor woodcutter, in a village near a jungle. He used to cut wood from the forest and sold in the market. But one day, while cutting wood his axe fell into the pond. The pond was very deep. The woodcutter did not know how to swim or dive. So, he was sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing happened. A beautiful fairy appeared before the woodcutter. She asked him in a sweet voice, “Why are you so sad? Why are you not cutting wood? The woodcutter replied sorrowfully, “My axe has fallen into the pond. I can’t cut wood now.” The fairy then showed him an axe made of silver. She asked him if it was his axe. The woodcutter saw the axe and said, “It’s not my axe.” The fairy showed him another axe made of gold. She asked, “Is this the axe that you lost?” The woodcutter said, “No, it’s not. My axe is made of iron. It was old.” The fairy showed him the lost axe with a wooden handle. The woodcutter then said happily that it was his axe. The fairy became very pleased with the honesty of the woodcutter and gave him the gold and the silver axes too. Then the woodcutter became rich and began to live happily. So, we must keep in mind that honesty is always rewarded.
Story-3
An Honest Woodcutter
Once there lived a woodcutter in a village. He was poor but very honest. He earned his livelihood by selling wood in the market. One day, while he was cutting wood near a river, suddenly, his axe felt into the river. Then He sat beside the river and began to cry bitterly. Then an wonderful thing happened. The river goddess appeared before him. She asked him why he was crying. The wood cutter told her everything. The river goddess took pity on him. She went in to the river and came back with a “golden axe”. But the honest woodcutter did not feel tempted. He said that the axe was not his own one. The goddess again dived into the river and brought a silver axe. The woodcutter told her that it, too was not his own axe. Now the goddess again dived into the river and brought an ordinary iron ake goddess became very much pleased with the poor woodcutter's honesty and devotion to truth. So She gave the woodcutter all the three axes. He sold the silver and gold axes in the market, got a huge amount of money and became a rich man. He thus began to live a happy life.
Story-4
An Honest Woodcutter
There lived a woodcutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood nearby a river. Suddenly his axe fell into the river. The woodcutter did not know how to swim or drive. So he was sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing happened. The river goddess appeared before him. She asked him why he was crying. The woodcutter told her everything. The river goddess took pity on him. She went into the river and came back with a “golden axe”. She asked him if it was his axe. The woodcutter replied in the negative. Then she again went into the water and returned with a silver one. This time also the woodcutter refused to take it. Finally, she brought the axe of the woodcutter. The woodcutter was delighted to get back his iron axe. The river goddess became pleased with the woodcutter and gives him the two other valuable axes as a reward.
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