The woodcutter and the golden axe

 THE GOLDEN AXE AND THE WOODCUTTER

Once an upon time, there was a woodcutter, working hard in the forest, getting wood to sell for food.

When he was cutting a tree, his axe accidentally fell into the river. The river was very deep and water was flowing very fast, so he lost his axe and could not find it again. He sat at the river bank and wept.

While he was weeping, the God of this river arose and asked him what happened. He told the God his story. The God of the river offered to help the woodcutter to look for his axe.

He disappeared into the river and came back with a golden axe, but the woodcutter said that it was not his.

He disappeared again and retrieved a silver axe, but the woodcutter said that was not his, either.

The God disappeared into the water one more time and came back with an iron axe. – the woodcutter smiled and said it was exactly his.

The God was really impressed with the honesty of the woodcutter, he gifted him both the golden and silver axes.

Thanks to this story, we should have honesty and not be greedy, if we can do it, we will have luck and peace in our mind.

Words in the story:

🌷Woodcutter (n): a person whose job is cutting down trees

🌷Arise – arose – arisen (n): xuất hiện

🌷Axe (n): cái rìu

🌷River bank: bờ sông

🌷Disappear (v): biến mất

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