BR6-01(13) : Mercury and the Woodcutter

....There is nothing I hate more than dishonesty.

       This is a story about: One day, a woodcutter decided to rest by a riverbank. He put his axe on the ground and it slipped into the river. Lucky for the woodcutter, the river god Mercury wasn't far away and he was also honest, he got three axes including his own axe. Then he told his friend, he was also a woodcutter, what had happened. Then his friend went to the river and then he did same thing to slip his axe into the river on purpose. Finally, he was dishonest and he lost his axe.
        I had read this story in English before I read this book in English. I like the part in which after river got, Mercury found the woodcutter's axe.
The woodcutter: Thank you! Thank you!
Mercury: Thank you, too! You have been very honest. Because of your honesty, I am going to give you the golden and silver axes as well.
The woodcutter: This is wonderful. Thank you!
They thanked each other and they were happy. To be honest is more important I think. And I think, every God know that a person is honest or dishonest. So we shouldn't tell lie which hurt someone.

[ new words]
strength : 強さ、力、体力
ax : おの、まさかり
wooden : 木製の、木、無表情な
handle : 扱う、処理する
firewood : まき、たきぎ
riverbank : 川岸
backward : うしろに、逆に
sob : しゃくりあげながら泣く、むせび泣く
honestry : 正直、誠実
bank : 岸、土手、銀行
angrilly : 怒って、腹を立てて
dishonesty : 不正直
honesty : 正直な
dishonest : 不正直な
honest : 正直な

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