The Honest Woodcutter Hindi Moral Stories for Kids 'The Honest Woodcutter' A woodcutter was cutting wood on the bank of a river. While cutting wood, suddenly his axe fell into the river. Due to this, he got upset and started crying loudly- "Oh, what has happened! What should I do now? Where will I get the money from?" Then Varun-Dev, the god of water, appeared from the river and said- "What happened? Why are you crying?" The woodcutter told the whole story while crying and said- "I used to feed my family by cutting wood, what will I do now without an axe?" Varun-Dev said- "You don't worry, I will bring your axe right now." Saying this, Varun Dev dived into the water and brought an axe. "Take your axe," he said to the woodcutter. The woodcutter saw that the axe was made of gold. He said- "Dev, this axe is not mine." Varun Dev again dived and brought another axe and said- "Now take this brother, this is your axe, isn't it?" The woodcutter saw that this time the axe was of silver. He said- "No-no, this is a silver axe, this is not mine. My axe was of iron. Now don't worry." Varun Dev again dived and brought another axe. This time the axe was of iron. Seeing it, the woodcutter became very happy and said chirping- "Yes-yes this is my axe! O Dev, thank you very much. Now I will be able to cut and sell wood and feed my family." Saying this, the woodcutter started to leave. Then Varun Dev called him and said- "You are very honest. I am very happy with you. Take this, take your axe along with the gold and silver axes. These are gifts from me." And thus the woodcutter happily went home with all three axes. In the evening he told this to his friends too. The friends were surprised but also happy. One of them was very greedy. The very next day he picked up his axe and reached the same place where the axe of the honest woodcutter had fallen. He climbed the tree and started cutting wood and deliberately dropped the axe in the river. Then he sat under the tree and started crying and screaming loudly, 'Alas! What will happen to me now? I had only one axe, that too fell into the water.' Hearing his lamentation, Lord Varun appeared. He had a golden axe in his hand. He said, 'Look, this is your axe, isn't it?' The woodcutter immediately became happy and said, 'Yes, yes Lord, this is my axe!' As soon as he moved forward to take the axe, Lord Varun went to the middle of the river and said, 'Wait, stop there! You turned out to be very dishonest. Now you will not get anything.' Saying this, Varun Dev went inside the water. The dishonest woodcutter had to return home empty handed. Due to greed, he also lost his axe. Happiness comes to the one who grows with honesty. That is why it is said that greed is a bad thing. Once, there lived a woodcutter in a village. He cut wood from the forest and sold them in the village to support his family. Every day morning he goes to the forest and returns only at late evening. One day, as he was cutting a tree, his ax fell into a nearby lake. The poor man went after the ax and searched for the axe. But even after a good search, he could not find his weapon. At last, he burst into tears. Listening to the woodcutters sobs, an angel appeared before him. The angel asked him, “What happened to you my dear?” And the wood cutter narrated the entire story. Listening to his story, the angel leaped into the lake and came up with a golden axe. “Is this your axe?” the angel asked. “No, that's not my axe,” the woodcutter replied. The angel plunged again and came up with a silver axe. “Is this the one you are looking for?” the angel asked. “No, that is also not mine,” and the woodcutter was once again in tears. The angel returned to the water and came up with his iron axe. Seeing his iron axe, the woodcutter screamed, “Yes, that's the one. That is my axe.” The angel was very happy about the woodcutter's honesty. He gave the woodcutter all the three axes and blessed him with happiness. #hindimoralstories #panchatantratales #hindistoriesforkids