THE HONEST WOOD CUTTER

Once upon a time in the olden days there lived a wood cutter in a
village in indian.His name was Gautham and he was very poor.One day he
went to the forest near by his village to cut wood.He started cutting
wood next to a river.As he started cutting the wood his axe which was
made up of iron slipped out of his hand and fell in the river.gautham
became verry sad as his only source of earning his livelihood is in
danger as he was too poor even to afford another axe.He started to
cry,upon hearing his cries the god of the river came up out of the river
and asks gautham th reason for his lamentation.Gautham narrates the
whole story-Now the god of the river tries to put him into test to see
whether he is honest or not.
The god of the river asks him not to cry and then vanishes into the
river and after some time bring out a golden axe and asks gautham
whether this is his axe or not-Gautham though surprised replied to god
that it was a golden axe and that his was made of iron.Now the god
vanishes into the river and after some time bring out a silver axe and
asks gautham whether this is his axe or not-again gautham remains
truthful.
The god of the river becomes very happy at his honesty and blesses
him-god gives him all the 3 axes and says to him that sell all the axes
in the maket and with that money live happily for the rest of your life.

MORAL-Honesty is the best policy