An Honest Woodcutter

Once there lived a woodcutter in a village near a jungle. He used to cut woods from the forest and sold them to market. But one day, while cutting wood his axe fell into the river. The river was very deep. But the woodcutter did not know how to swim. Thus he was sitting there sadly. Then a beautiful fairy appeared before the woodcutter. She went into the river and came back with a golden and silver axe. But the woodcutter refused to take them. 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 for his honesty and gave him the two valuable axes as reward. Honesty is thus always rewarded.