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23.The Axe of Gold

A WORKMAN was felling wood by the side of a river when his axe dropped by accident into a deep pool. Through the mishap he had lost the means of his livelihood. He sat down on the bank and lamented his hard fate. An able diver appeared and wanted to know why he wept so loudly. After the man told his misfortune, the diver plunged into the stream. A little while later he brought up a golden axe and asked if that was the one he had lost.

“No it isn’t,” said the man.

The diver disappeared beneath the water a second time and returned with a silver axe.

“Is this your axe?” he asked again.

The workman said it was not. ******