Be imaginative and develop a readable story in about 100-120 words with the help of the given outline.

Outline: A poor woodcutter……………….cutting trees in a forest …………… one day axe falls into the river ……………water deep……………..helpless woodcutter weeps ……………..God Mercury appears ……….. asks woodcutter the reason …………… brings a golden axe…………. woodcutter does not accept it ……………God Mercury then brings a silver axe……………. woodcutter again refuses it brings his own iron axe…………… woodcutter happy…………. takes his axe………… God is pleased …………..rewards him

Ans.                                                                 Woodcutter

Once a woodcutter lived in a village with his wife and children. He was poor, no doubt, but honest and truthful. Each day, he would go to the forest with his axe to cut trees for wood. One day while he was felling a tree at the bank of the river, his axe slipped out of his hand and fell into the water below. The poor woodcutter began to weep in extreme frustration. God Mercury heard his cries. He appeared before him and asked him why he was weeping. The woodcutter told him the whole story. God said, “Don’t worry, get back your axe”. The very next moment he works off his clothes and dived into the river. After a while, He came out of the water with a golden axe. The woodcutter said, “This axe is made of gold. It is not mine”. Then the God dived into the river again and came out of the water with an axe made of silver. The woodcutter said, “This isn’t mine. Mine is an ordinary iron axe”.

God dived into the water the third time. After a few minutes, he came out with an iron axe. The woodcutter jumped up with joy on seeing the axe and cried, “This is mine! This is mine! Thank you very much! God was pleased with the honesty of the woodcutter. He gave all the three axes to him as a reward for his truthfulness.”

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