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Story: Honesty is the Best Policy.

Story: Honesty is the best policy.

Once there were a wood-cutter lived in a village. He sold the wood in the market and earns money. One day he went to the forest to cut the wood near river. When he was cutting the wood by axe suddenly his axe slipped from his hands and fell into the deep water of the river.

He did not able to swim. He started to pray for God please help him. Suddenly a river angel appears and asks him why he is upset. The wood-cutter tells him about his axe that fell into the deep water of the river.

Angel jumped into the river and brought out a golden axe. Wood-cutter refuses to take it. He said that is not his axe. Angel again jumped into the river and brought out silver axe and again wood-cutter refuse to take it. Angel again jumped into the river and brought out iron axe. The wood-cutter said that is my axe.

Angel was deeply impressed the honesty of the wood-cutter. Angel gave other axes golden and silver to wood-cutter as the reward of his honesty.

Moral: Honesty is the best policy