A very good morning I bid to the honourable judges, the precise timekeeper, teachers,

and my fellow friends. Today, I am going to tell you a story entitled “The Poor
Woodcutter”.
Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter. He was very poor but he was
always honest. One hot day, he took his axe and went inside the nearby forest in search
of wood.

After searching for a long time, he found one good tree near a river inside the forest.

“ Hemm.. this tree is good. I can get lots of firewood”

So, the woodcutter started to work.
‘Swish, swoosh, swish swoosh..”
Suddenly, ‘Plop..”

Oh no! As the woodcutter was cutting the woods, his axe slipped from his hands and fell
inside the river. The river was very deep. So he couldn't get into the water to take his axe
out. He started crying.
“ Oh..oh..what am I going to do?”
“ I have lost my precious axe. Oh dear, oh dear..”

Suddenly, a beautiful angel appeared from inside the river water.

“ Why are crying my dear woodcutter?” She asked.
“ Oh, I have lost my axe…now I won’t be able to cut woods anymore.”
The woodcutter told her how his axe fell inside the water. The angel went inside the
water and after sometime came out with a golden axe in her hands. The woodcutter
refused to accept that golden axe.

The angel again went inside the water. This time she came out with a silver axe and gave
it to the woodcutter. Again the woodcutter refused saying that his was not a silver axe.
The angel dived into the water. This time she came out with the woodcutter's iron axe.

The woodcutter happily accepted his axe and thanked the angel. The angel was pleased
with his honesty. The angel rewarded the gold and the silver axes to that woodcutter.

MORAL: Honesy always gets rewarded.