This other woodcutter thought he should like a golden ax, too.
So he went to the pond and threw his ax into the water.
Then he sat down and began to cry,
"O, I have lost my ax! What shall I do? What shall I do?"
Mercury came again and jumped into the water.
Soon he came out with a golden ax.
"Is this your ax?" he asked.
"O, yes, yes! that is my ax," said the man.
"No, it is not," said Mercury. "You are not an honest woodcutter, and you shall have no golden ax."
"Then get my own ax for me," said the woodcutter.