Story telling competition Sk Kpg Iran

Title : The poor woodcutter

Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter. He was very poor but
he was always honest. One day, he took his axe and went inside the
nearby forest in search of wood. After searching for a long time, he
found one good tree near a river inside the forest.

‘hmmmm.. this tree is good. I can get lots of firewood’

So, the wooodcutter started to work.
‘swish,swoosh,swish swoosh’
‘plop..’

Oh no! As the woodcutter was cutting the woods, his axe slipped from
his hands and fell inside the river. The river was very deep. So he
couldn’t get into the water to take his axe out. He started crying.

‘oh ..no.. what im going to do?’

‘ I have lost my precious axe. Oh dear, oh dear’

Suddenly a beautiful angel appeared from inside the river water.

‘why are you crying my dear woodcutter?’ she asked.
‘oh I have lost my axe..now I wont be able to cut wood anymore’
The woodcutter told her how his axe fell inside the water. The angel
went inside the water and after sometime came out with a gold axe in
her hands. The woodcutter refused to accept that golden axe.

The angel again went inside the water. This time she came out with
silver axe and gave it to the woodcutter. Again the woodcutter refused
saying that his was not silver axe. The angel dived into the water. This
time she came out with the woodcutter’s iron axe.

The woodcutterhappily accepted his axe and thanked the angel. The
angel was pleased with his honesty. The angel rewarded the gold and
the silver axes to that woodcutter.

Moral : honesty always get rewarded.