S.S.C and H.S.C Completing Story AN HONEST WOOD CUTTER

AN HONEST WOOD CUTTER

There lived a wood cutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood near a river. Suddenly his axe fell into the river. The river was very deep. The wood cutter did not know how to swim or dive. So, he was sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing happened. A beautiful fairy appeared before the wood cutter. She was the goddess of water. She asked him, “Why are you weeping?” The wood cutter said, “My axe has fallen into the river. Now my family will starve if I can not cut wood. So I am weeping”.

The water goddess took pity on him. She dived into water and came back with a silver axe. She asked, “Is your axe?” The wood cutter saw the axe and said, “ It is not mine.” The water goddess dived again and came back with another axe made of gold. She asked, “Is this axe that you have lost?” The wood cutter said, “No, it is also not mine.” The water goddess again dived into water and brought up an iron axe. He showed it to the wood cutter and asked, “Is this yours?” The wood cutter became very pleased to see his axe. He said, “Yes, this axe is mine. Please give it to me.”

The water goddess became very pleased with the honesty of the wood cutter. She gave him all the three axes. Then the wood cutter became rich and began to live happily.

From the above story we can say that honesty is the best policy.

Moral: Honesty is the best policy.