Humor: A Story of a Husband who Lost His Wife in a Swimming Pool

A poor woodcutter climbs a tree on the bank of a river to cut a branch of the tree to sell it so that he could buy bread for his family. But on that day, his axe falls into the the deep water of the river. He becomes very sad as he had only one axe and because of his poor condition, it was not possible for him to buy another axe. He starts to cry.

For his surprise, a fairy comes out of the river and asks him, "Why you are crying? What bad thing happened with you?"

"I lost my axe in the river......", the woodcutter replies.

"Wait a minute", the fairy says and disappears in the deep water of the river. Within few seconds, she returns with a Silver axe in her hand.

"I found this axe in the river. Is it yours?," the fairy asks.

"No, that's not mine", the poor but honest woodcutter replies.

"O.K., let me search again", says the fairy and disappears again. This time she returns with a Golden axe. But this time too, the woodcutter denies that it was his axe.

Next time, the fairy comes with a Platinum axe. But for her disappointment, this time also the woodcutter denies that it was his axe.

Finally, the fairy appears with with the original axe which belonged to the woodcutter. The woodcutter joyfully says, "Yes, it is mine".

"Well," the fairy says, "You are honest. Such honesty is a rare thing. You deserve reward for it. I am going to give you all the axes, yours own, Silver, Golden and platinum"

Thus the honest woodcutter gets reward for his honesty.

Moral of this story: Honesty pays.