Seeing his sorrow, the River God appeared before him. The god dove into the water and brought out a golden axe.
His honesty moved the god—who rewarded him with all three axes. the honest wood cutter completing story
Once there was a poor woodcutter who lost his only axe in a river. When a river god offered him a golden axe, he refused it. When offered a silver axe, he refused again. He only wanted his simple iron axe. Seeing his sorrow, the River God appeared before him
