The following Is the beginning of a story. Complete it In your own words.
Once there lived a poor wood-cutter. But he was very honest. He earned his livelihood by selling wood In the market. One day while he…………..
THE HONEST WOOD-CUTTER
Once there lived a poor wood-cutter; But he was very honest. He earned his livelihood by selling wood in the market. One day while he was cutting wood beside a river, his axe slipped out of his hand abruptly and fell into deep water. I-Fe became very sad as he would not be able to cut wood any more to earn his living and maintain his family. He sat beside the river and began to cry. bitterly. Seeing this, the river goddess took pity on him. She appeared before the wood-cutter, soothed him and offered him a gold axe. But the honest wood-cutter did not feel tempted. He said that -the axe was not his. The goddess dived into the river and brought a silver axe. The wood-cutter told her that it, too, was not his own axe. Now the goddess again dived into the river and brought a common iron axe with an old wooden handle. At once the wood-cutter said that It was his own axe. At this the address became very much pleased t the poor woodcutter’s honesty and devotion to truth. So, she gave the wood-cutter all the three axes. He sold the silver and gold axes in the market, got a huge amount of money and became a rich man. He thus began to live a happy life.