Once there was a poor woodcutter. Every day he went out into the forest to cut wood. He sold the wood he had cut to the villagers, but he very little money for it . One day as he was cutting wood his axe fell into the river. He could not get it out.
He called out," Help! Help!" But no one heard him and no one came. Suddenly a boy with wings appeared before him. It was Mercury.God had sent him to help the poor woodcutter When he heard what had happened to the axe,he jumped into the river and came out with a silver axe in his hand .
" Is this your axe ?" he asked " No," said the woodcutter. Then Mercury jumped into the river again.
This time he took out a golden axe." Is this your axe ?" he asked." no” said the woodcutter. " My axe is not made of gold or silver.It is made of iron." So Mercury jumped into the river a third time.
This time he took out an iron axe.The woodcutter was very glad. It was his axe. Then Mercury said ," I see you are an honest man. Here is your iron axe. And I will give you the other two axes, too."
This story teaches you that
"Honesty is the best policy."
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