An
honest woodcutter and a beautiful fairy
Once there lived a poor woodcutter in a
village. He used to cut wood from the forest and sold it in the market. But one
day, while cutting wood his axe fell into the river. The river was deep. The
woodcutter did not know how to swim. So, he was sitting there sadly. Then, a
beautiful fairy appeared before the woodcutter. She asked him why he looked so
sad. He told her everything. The fairy took pity on him. She went into the
river and came back with a golden axe. She asked the woodcutter if it was his
axe. The woodcutter replied in the negative. 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 from the water. The woodcutter
was delighted to get back his iron axe. The fairy became pleased with the
woodcutter and gave him the two axes as reward for his honesty. Moral of the
story: “Honesty is the best policy.”
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