The woodcutter shook his head. “No, that is not mine.”
“Is this yours?” asked the god.
But a greedy neighbor who tried to cheat his way through the same test? He lost everything.
When a greedy neighbor heard the story, he ran to the river, threw his own axe into the water, and pretended to cry. The River God appeared again and brought up a golden axe.
“This is yours,” said the god. “And because you are honest, I give you the golden and silver axes as well.”
