Story of an honest wood-cutter

Story of an honest wood-cutter

Once there was an honest wood-cutter. He was very poor. One day he was cutting wood from a tree beside a river. Suddenly his axe fell into the river. Then he started to cry sitting by the side of the river. He tried his best to find out the axe but he couldn’t find. Suddenly the goddess of water appeared. She asked the reason of crying. The wood-cutter told her the whole story how he lost the axe. She dived into the water and brought a golden axe. She asked the wood-cutter whether it was his axe or not. But he refused to take the axe. She again dived and brought a silver axe. This time he again refused. For the last time she again dived and brought an iron axe. This time the wood-cutter took it gladly. The goddess was very pleased with his honesty. For his truthfulness and honesty, she rewarded him the other two axes. Thus, the wood-cutter became rich.

Moral: An honest man is always rewarded for his honesty