Once there lived a wood cutter. He was very poor but honedt.He lived on the bank of a river near a jungle. He used to cut wood everyday and earned his livelihood by selling wood in the market. One day while he was cutting wood near a pond,suddenly his axe fell into the pond.
The pond was very deep. The wood cutter did not know how to swim or dive. So, he sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing happened. A beautiful fairy appeared before the woodcutter. She asked him in a sweet voice, "Why you are so sad? Why are you not cutting wood?" The woodcutter replied sorrowfully, "My axe has fallen into the pond. I can't cut wood now." The fairy then showed him an axe made of gold. She asked him if it was his axe. The woodcutter saw the axe and said, "It's not my axe." The fairy showed him another axe made of silver,she asked, "Is this the axe that you lost?" The woodcutter said, "No, it’s not. My axe is made of iron." The fairy showed him the lost axe. The woodcutter then said happily that it was his axe. The fairy became very pleased and gave him the gold and the silver axes too. Then the woodcutter became rich and began to live happily.
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