Once 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 . So he was sitting there sadly .Suddenly a beautiful fairy appeared before the wood cutter. She asked him a sweet voice, “Why are you so sad ? Why are you not cutting wood?” The wood cutter replied sadly , “My axe has fallen into the river . I can’t cut wood now .” The fairy then showed him an axe made of gold. The wood cutter saw the axe and said , “ It is not my axe .” The fairy showed him another axe made of silver. The wood cutter again said , “It ‘s not my axe .My axe is made of iron .” The fairy showed him the lost axe . This time the wood cutter said happily , “It’s my axe .” The fairy became very pleased for his honesty and gave him the gold and the silver axes too. Then the wood cutter became rich and began to live happily.
