Read the
beginning of the story. Now, complete it in your own way.
There lived a woodcutter in a village. One day he
was cutting wood in jungle near a river. Suddenly his axe fell into the
river........
An honest woodcutter/ Honesty is the best policy.
There lived a woodcutter in a village. One day he
was cutting wood in jungle near a river. Suddenly his axe fell into the river.
The river was very deep and the woodcutter did not know how to swim or dive.
So, he was sitting there with a heavy heart. He was very poor and he had no
money to buy another axe. He was thinking what to do. He was very depressed and
blaming his lot. Suddenly, he heard a voice and saw a fairy before him. The
fairy asked him why he was crying. 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 then
again dived into 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 water. The woodcutter was delighted to get back his iron axe. The fairy
became very pleased with the woodcutter at his honesty and gave him the two
valuable axes as reward. Honesty is thus always rewarded.
