One day a wood-cutter was cutting wood beside a river. As ill luck
would have it, his axe slipped from his hands and dropped into the
river below. The poor wood-cutter became terribly unhappy and
started crying bitterly. At this, the River-God felt pity for him. He
appeared before him with a golden axe and said, "Is it yours? The
honest wood-cutter replied, "No Sir, it is not mine." Then the god
brought a Silver axe and said, Is it yours? He again replied, "No, it's
not mine, Sir." At last, he brought the steel axe that the wood-cutter
had lost and said to him, "Is it yours?" Then he gladly answered,
Yes Sir, this is mine." The River-God became pleased at his honesty
and gave him all the three axes. Then he disappeared.
Moral : Honesty is richly rewarded.
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