On the far side of the mountain, there was a poor woodcutter, and his family had an old and sick mother. In order to treat his mother's illness, he went to the mountains to cut firewood every day.

On this day, he walked across the single-plank bridge and came to the dense forest beside the pool. After chopping a large bundle of firewood, he saw that it was getting late. He was also very tired and his stomach was growling with hunger. So the woodcutter put the ax in his waist and sat down, took out a few slices of bread and ate it. But the bread was too dry, so he went to the pool to get water. Unexpectedly, the iron ax on his waist dropped into the pool with a pop.

"Oh, what can I do? The pool is so deep~ I can't swim. If I can't get the axe, I can't cut firewood. If I don't have firewood to sell, I won't have money to buy medicine for my mother." I thought. Thinking about it, he couldn't help crying loudly.

His cries alerted a kind-hearted old immortal in the deep pool. The old immortal floated to the surface of the water and asked the woodcutter, "My poor little brother, what's wrong with you?"

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The sad woodcutter was shocked by what he saw. He wiped away his tears and told the old god his troubles. After listening, the old god smiled and said, "It seems that you are a hard-working and filial child. Let me help you get the axe." After that, the old god disappeared.

After a while, he appeared in front of the woodcutter with a golden axe. "Take it away, this is your lost axe."

The woodcutter said, "My axe is not like this." "The old god smiled and nodded and disappeared. After a while, he appeared in front of the woodcutter with a silver ax and said, "Take it away, this is your axe."

The woodcutter shook his head. He shook his head and said, "Well, this is not my axe." The old god smiled, nodded, and disappeared.

When he appeared again this time, he was holding the iron ax that the woodcutter had lost. When the woodcutter saw it, he quickly said gratefully to the old fairy, "Thank you, this is exactly the ax I dropped."

The old fairy was moved by the woodcutter's honesty, and he took out the golden ax and the The silver ax said to the woodcutter, "You are an honest boy, and these two axes should be yours." After saying this, the old fairy sank into the deep pool.

After the woodcutter returned home, he sold his gold and silver axes, cured his mother's illness, and lived a happy life from then on. This matter was found out by a greedy woodcutter.

That day he also came to the pond, threw his ax into the pond, and burst into tears by the pond. At this time, the old fairy came to the greedy woodcutter and asked kindly, "Why are you crying? Is there anything I can do for you?"

The greedy woodcutter frowned in a fake way. He frowned and said, "My ax fell into the pond, and my mother is sick again. Without the ax, I can't chop wood and sell it for money. Without the money, I can't buy medicine for my mother." After listening, the old fairy said Gone.

Soon he brought a gold ax and asked, "Is this your axe?"

The greedy woodcutter said, "Yes, there is a silver ax as well." < /p>

The old fairy took out the silver axe, and the woodcutter grabbed the silver ax and ran away quickly. However, the two axes on the single-plank bridge suddenly became extremely heavy, and he fell into the deep pool and drowned. This is what happened to the greedy woodcutter after he took the gold and silver axe.

Comments after reading

The story "The Golden Axe, the Silver Axe, and the Iron Axe" in "Aesop's Fables" touched me more. The honest and kind-hearted poor woodcutter went out to chop wood and was so tired that he sat down by the river to rest. Because I was really thirsty, I bent down to drink water. Suddenly, there was a "plop" sound, and the iron ax stuck in his waist fell into the river, and the woodcutter burst into tears. At this time, an immortal came out of the water. The immortal asked about the situation and picked up three axes for him: a gold axe, a silver axe, and an iron axe. The woodcutter picked up his own iron axe, but the immortal still gave him both the gold ax and the silver axe. husband. His brothers looked extremely jealous. One of the brothers had a bad idea. He also came to the river and imitated the woodcutter. Similarly, the immortal was also summoned, and the immortal also brought three axes. But the evil-minded brother saw the golden axe, silver axe, and iron ax in the immortal's hand, and said greedily: "These are my axes!" Seeing this, the immortal left with three axes in disappointment. . The greedy brother got nothing in the end.

This story taught me that greed will be punished accordingly.