Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter.

He was
very poor but he was always honest. One hot day, he
took his axe and went inside the nearby forest in search
of wood.
After searching for a long time, he found one good tree
near a river inside the forest.

“ Hemm.. this tree is good. I can get lots of firewood”

So, the woodcutter started to work.
‘Swish, swoosh, swish swoosh..”
‘Plop..”

Oh no! As the woodcutter was cutting the woods, his

axe slipped from his hands and fell inside the river. The
river was very deep. So he couldn't get into the water
to take his axe out. He started crying.
“ Oh..oh..what am I going to do?”
“ I have lost my precious axe. Oh dear, oh dear..”

Suddenly, a beautiful angel appeared from inside the

river water.
“ Why are crying my dear woodcutter?” She asked.
“ Oh, I have lost my axe…now I won’t be able to cut
woods anymore.”
The woodcutter told her how his axe fell inside the
water. The angel went inside the water and after
sometime came out with a golden axe in her hands.
The woodcutter refused to accept that golden axe.

The angel again went inside the water. This time she
came out with a silver axe and gave it to the
woodcutter. Again the woodcutter refused saying that
his was not a silver axe. The angel dived into the water.
This time she came out with the woodcutter's iron axe.

The woodcutter happily accepted his axe and thanked

the angel. The angel was pleased with his honesty. The
angel rewarded the gold and the silver axes to that
woodcutter.

MORAL: Honesy always gets rewarded.