A woodcutter and his honesty

There lived a woodcutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood near a river. Suddenly, his axe fell into the river. The river was very deep. The wood-cutter did not know how to swim or dive. So, he was sitting there sadly. Then a wonderful thing happened. A beautiful fairy appeared before the wood-cutter. The fairy asked him why he was crying. He told her everything. The fairy took pity on him. She went down in the river and came back with a golden axe. She then again went into the water and returned with a silver one. This time also the wood-cutter refused to take it. Finally she brought the axe of the wood-cutter from the water. The wood-cutter was delighted to get back his iron axe. The fairy became pleased with the wood-cutter at his honesty and gave him the two valuable axes as reward. Honesty is thus always rewarded.