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Buck stops here, with an honest confession
Hindustan Times Chandigarh
|May 07, 2025
In the fable of the honest woodcutter, the poor man accidentally drops his axe made of rusted iron in the river.
There is immediate divine intervention and a goddess taking pity retrieves his axe. However, as the custodian of moral laws, the goddess administers a test to verify the woodcutter's ethical credentials. She first offers him a golden axe and then a silver one. When the woodcutter exhibits unimpeachable integrity and doesn't succumb to temptation, his honesty is rewarded and he heads home with all three axes. The moral: Honesty is always rewarded and the standard proof is not staking claim to things that don't belong to you.
This story is from the May 07, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Chandigarh.
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