Grandma's Stories--670--Greedy Neighbour !!

Once upon a time,there lived a poor woodcutter named Deenu.His routine was very hard,every morning he used to go to the Jungle to cut wood sticks,all day long he worked hard,in the evening,with a heavy bundle of wooden sticks,he used to reach to the market,after selling those sticks ,and after buying some flour and vegetables,come back home,cooking food,that is only two chapaties for dinner and two chapaties for tomorrow’s lunch,tied in a piece of cloth,and then sleep.Next morning again the same routine.One day he was cutting the sticks at the shore of a pond,suddenly the axe dropped in the water,he did not know swimming,so he started crying sitting under that tree:Oh God ! Now How would I cut sticks,and How would I earn for my livelihood The goddess of Jungle ,felt pity on him,but she wanted to test his honesty,she came out of the pond with a golden axe,and asked”Is it your axe?”Deenu said”No.this is not mine”and again started crying,Then Goddess came out with a silver axe and asked is it your axe?””No,this is not mine,I am a poor man,I had an iron axe”The Goddess, this time came out with his axe,he became happy to see his axe and thanked again and again,but she said”You are an honest man,so take these two also as my blessing,I am Goddess of Jungle”and she vanished,now Deenu took all the axes and came back home,he sold the silver and golden axe,bought a shop and a house,and started earning quite a good money.His neighbour Chatur got surprised with this sudden change in his life,he called him and asked every thing and Deenu told him every thing.Chatur went to a goldsmith,and ordered him to make a golden axe,and with that axe he went to the same place,and started cutting the same tree,he dropped the axe and started crying loudly,The Goddess understood every thing and came out with his own axe”Is this your axe?””No,it is not mine”he replied,he was expecting something more precious axe like Diamond and other jewels decorated on it.The Goddess of Jungle went with his golden axe and did not come back.