Once there lived a woodcutter in a village. He was  poor but very honest. He earned his livelihood by selling 

wood in the market. One day, while he was cutting wood near a river, suddenly, his axe felt into the river......

An Honest Woodcutter 

Once there lived a woodcutter in a village. He was  poor but very honest. He earned his livelihood by selling  wood in the market. One day, while he was cutting wood near a river, suddenly, his axe felt into the river. Then He sat beside the river and began to cry bitterly. Then an wonderful thing happened.  The river goddess appeared before him. She asked him why he was crying. The wood cutter told her everything. The river goddess took pity on him. She went in to the river and came back with a “golden axe”.  But the honest woodcutter did not feel tempted. He said that the axe was not his own one. The goddess again dived into the river and brought a silver axe. The woodcutter told her that it, too was not his own axe. Now the goddess again dived into the river and brought an ordinary iron ake goddess became very much pleased with the poor woodcutter's honesty and devotion to truth. So  She gave the woodcutter all the three axes. He sold the silver and gold axes in the market, got a huge amount of money and became a rich man. He thus began to live a happy life. 
Moral of the story: Honesty is the best Policy


Completing story: 02. An Honest woodcutter 

  

There lived a wood cutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood nearby a river. Suddenly his axe fell in to the river. The wood cutter did not know how to swim or drive. So he was sitting there sadly..........

An Honest Wood cutter  

There lived a wood cutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood nearby a river. Suddenly his axe fell in to the river. The wood cutter did not know how to swim or drive. So he was sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing happened. The river goddess appeared before him. She asked him why he was crying. wood cutter told her everything. The river goddess took pity on him. She went in to the river and came back with a “golden axe”. She asked him if it was his axe. The wood cutter replied in the negative. Then she again went in to the water and returned with a silver one. This time also the wood cutter refused to take it. Finally she brought the axe of the wood cutter. The wood cutter was delighted to get back his iron axe. The river goddess became pleased with the wood cutter and gives him the two other valuable axes as reward.

Moral of the story: Honesty is always rewarded.


Most Important 10 Completing story for HSC Examination
(Every student must read):

01. Money cannot Bring Happiness

02. The Dove and the Ant 

03. The Scholar and the Boatman

04. Slow and Steady Wins the Race

05. A King Without a Kingdom/King Lear and his Daughters

06. A Trick of a Cunning Fox Went in Vain 

07. Do not Believe a Flatterer / A Sly Fox and a Foolish Crow

08. A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

09. Perseverance is the key to Success

10. An Honest woodcutter/ Honesty is the best policy.


Completing story: 03 An Honest woodcutter and a beautiful fairy

   

 'AN HONEST WOODCUTTER' 

Other Names: 'HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY, TRUTHFULNESS HAS ITS REWARD'

Once there lived a woodcutter. He was very poor but honest. He lived on the bank of a river near a jungle. He used to cut wood in the jungle. By doing this hard task, he earned very little and somehow maintained his family. 

One day he went to the jungle to cut wood. While he was cutting wood, all of a sudden the axe fell into the river. There was a strong current in the river.  The woodcutter tried heart and soul to find out his axe but failed. It was the only means of his livelihood. He was too poor to buy another axe. He knew it very well that without this axe he and his family members would starve. 

Thinking this he sat motionlessly and began to cry like a child. A fairy heard him cry. She decided to test him. So, she came to him and asked him why he was crying.

The woodcutter told her about his miserable condition and asked her if she could help him. Hearing this, the fairy felt pity for him and wanted to help him. But as she wanted to test him. She dived into the river and returned with a golden axe. Showing the golden axe she asked if that was his axe. 

As he was honest, he told her that it was not his. The fairy again dived into the water and came back with a silver axe and asked him if that was his axe. The man again replied in the negative. 

The fairy went into the river water for the third time and returned with the real axe. He thanked her and showed his gratefulness to her. The fairy was also very happy to see the honesty of the poor woodcutter and wished to reward him. She offered him all the three axes as a reward and forbade him to say 'No'. The woodcutter happily accepted the award. 

Moral of This Story: 'We learn that honesty is the best policy and we all should be honest.'



 

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