7. Story: Honesty is the best policy, Virtue never goes unrewarded, Virtue is its own reward, The Woodcutter And His Axe, (9th/1st Year/BA/B. Sc) by AG Ahmad
Moral Story No: 7 Story for Normal Students Honesty Is The Best Policy Other Possible Morals: i. Honesty is the best policy, ii. Virtue never goes unrewarded. iii. Virtue is its own reward. iv. Wisdom lies in that which is truth. v. Honesty never goes unrewarded. The Woodcutter And His Axe Once there lived a poverty-stricken woodcutter in a village. He was very poor but he was honest. He was very famous for his honesty and integrity. He knew, “The eye of a greedy man and the belly of a glutton are never satisfied.” He had a large family to support. He was the sole bread earner. He used to go to the bank of a river to cut wood. He cut the wood and sold it in the market. He always thanked God for his hard earned livelihood. As, it is wisely said, “No legacy is so rich as honesty.” One day he was cutting the branches of a tree on the bank of the river. Unfortunately, his axe slipped from his hand and fell into the river. He did not know how to swim. A...