Honesty is the best policy | An Angle and the woodcutter story

Honesty is the best policy 

An Angle and the woodcutter story :

Honesty is the best policy | an angle and the woodcutter story


    Once a woodcutter was cutting wood on the bank of a river. Suddenly, his axe fell into the river. The woodcutter became very sad. He sat at the bank of the river with broken heart. Meanwhile, a stranger appeared before him.

    The stranger asked himbthe reason of his sadness. The woodcutter told him about the loss of his axe. The stranger took pity on him and dived into rhe water.

 He brought out a golden axe. The woodcutter sad that it was not his axe. He refused to take it. The stranger dived for the second time and brought silver axe, but woodcutter did not accept it also. The stranger dived for the third time and brought out an iron axe.

The woodcutter was overjoyed when he saw his own axe. The stranger was an angel.

He was greatly impressed and pleased with the honesty of the woodcutter. He gave all the three axes to the woodcutter as a reward for his honesty.

Moral : Honesty is the best policy