THE HONEST WOODCUTTER
One day a woodcutter lost his ax in a pond.
He sat down by the water and said to himself, "What shall I do? I have lost my ax."
All at once a man stood beside him.
"What have you lost?" asked the man.
"I have lost my ax," said the woodcutter.
The man said nothing, but jumped into the pond and soon came out with a golden ax.
"Is this your ax?" he asked.
"No," said the honest woodcutter, "my ax was not a golden ax."