Story of an Honest Woodcutter for SSC and HSC
The story of an honest woodcutter is an important and common completing story for the students of schools and colleges. Going through the story of an honest woodcutter students will be able to realize the significance of honesty.
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(Story-1): An Honest Woodcutter
Long ago in the ancient period, people used to survive by catching fish, farming, weaving clothes, cutting and selling wood from the forest, etc. People used to lead a simple and beautiful life.
One day a woodcutter of that period went to a forest to cut trees. The woodcutter was poor but honest. As a result, he never collected wood more than he needed. The forest was near his village. Entering into the forest the woodcutter was looking for a suitable tree to cut and collect wood.
The woodcutter was lucky because, within a short period, he found a perfect tree to collect wood. The tree was standing just by the side of a small river. The woodcutter started cutting the tree with his beautiful axe. The axe was made of steel.
He was chopping the tree incessantly. Cutting trees with an axe is a tiresome task. After a while he became tired. But the hard-working woodcutter was continuing his work. All of a sudden, his dear axe slipped out of his hand.
The axe dropped into the river and drowned the river water in the blink of an eye. It took a fraction of a second to take place the incident or accident.
The poor woodcutter was seriously shocked by the suddenness of the event. He was in a fix losing the axe. Though the river was small it was deep. In despair, he was looking at the river water sitting under the tree. Tears were automatically dropping down from his eyes. Because of his poverty, he couldn’t buy another one.
Right at that moment the water goddess came up the river water. The goddess asked the woodcutter why he was crying. The woodcutter told the water goddess about the incident. Instantly the goddess dived into the river water. Within a couple of seconds, the goddess came up the river water with an axe of gold in her hand.
The water goddess said to the woodcutter, “Is it your axe?” The woodcutter said, “No, this is not my axe.” He also said, “My axe is made of steel.” The goddess again dived into the river water taking the axe of gold in her hand. Again, within a moment she came up the river water and showed an axe of silver. The goddess asked the woodcutter whether the axe was his. The woodcutter replied politely and honestly that his axe was made of steel. But that was an axe of silver. So, that was not his axe.
The water goddess again dived into the water for the third time. And just within a second, she rose up above the water with the original steel axe of the woodcutter in her hand. Before she asked anything, the woodcutter cried out saying, “This is my axe.”
The water goddess became very happy at the honesty of the woodcutter. So, she decided to reward the woodcutter for his honesty. The goddess gave away all three axes to the woodcutter as a reward for his honesty.
At first, the woodcutter did not want to receive the axes of gold and silver. But the goddess said to the woodcutter, “Don’t hesitate. The silver and gold axe is the reward for your honesty. I am happy with your honesty.”
The woodcutter thanked the goddess for her generosity. Taking all three axes the woodcutter started walking towards his cottage.
(Story-2): Honesty of a Woodcutter
Once there was a poor woodcutter in a jungle. He had only one iron axe to collect wood. One day he went out to collect wood from the jungle by a riverside.
While he started cutting wood, all of a sudden, his axe fell into the river. The axe was his only means of living. So, he was in a fix on what to do.
Finding no other way, he started crying sitting on the bank of the river. At that time the fairy of the river came up from the river water and asked the woodcutter why he was crying. The woodcutter replied that he had lost his axe in the river.
The river fairy went down the water and came up with a gold axe in no time. The fairy asked the woodcutter whether the axe was his or not. The woodcutter replied in the negative.
The fairy again went down the water and came up with a silver axe shortly. This time the woodcutter also said that the axe was not his. The fairy of the water again went down the river water and came up with the original axe of the woodcutter and asked him whether the axe was his or not.
The woodcutter replied with a smiling face that the iron axe was his axe. The fairy became very happy at the honesty of the woodcutter.
So, the fairy gave the woodcutter all three axes and thanked him for his honesty.
(Story-3): An Honest Woodcutter
Once there lived a young woodcutter in a village near a large forest. He used to live from hand to mouth. He collected wood from the jungle and sold those in the village market to meet his daily expenses.
One day after having his breakfast he walked out with his dear axe to cut small trees.
He went inside the jungle and was searching for a suitable place to collect wood. After walking for a while, he saw a medium-sized tree on the bank of a river. He decided to collect wood from that tree.
He started hitting the tree with his axe. Just after a few minutes the axe slipped off his hand because of sweat and fell into the river water. There was huge water in the river because the river was deep.
By losing his only earning axe the woodcutter was weeping looking at the river water. After a while, an angel came from the water and asked the woodcutter the reason for his crying.
He narrated the fact to the angel. Hearing the sad story of the woodcutter the angel dived into the river water and within a moment came up to the surface of the water with an axe of gold in his hand.
The angel told the woodcutter to take the axe. The woodcutter saw that was an axe of gold but his axe was made of iron. So, he denied taking the axe and replied that was not his axe.
The angel of the river again dived into the river water carrying the axe of the gold. Again, after a couple of seconds, the angel came up the surface of the river water holding a silver axe in his hand.
The angel gave the axe to the woodcutter. The woodcutter noticed that the axe was a silver axe. So, he humbly denied receiving the axe and said, “It is not my axe. My axe is made of iron.”
The angel of the river dived into the river water for the third time and quickly came up to the surface of the water holding all three axes in his hand. The angel praised the honesty of the woodcutter. So, as a reward for honesty, the angel requested the woodcutter to take the golden, the silver, and the original iron axe.
The woodcutter became surprised and delighted at the incident. He thanked the angel for his bounty and generosity.
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