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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