請幫我找一個很有名的英文故事

Question

有個人到山上砍柴,結果他的斧頭掉到湖裡,接著湖裡出現仙女問他掉的是金斧頭銀斧頭還是鐵斧頭的那個故事,忘記故事的名稱了=.=|||要英文版的,敘述式的就OK了,如果是對話式的那種更好,演戲需要!!請大家幫個忙吧=口=

Answer 1

這個故事的名稱是"HONEST WOODCUTTER"。是來自於印度的一個童話故事，全文是 :
One day a woodcutter was cutting wood on the bank of a river. Suddenly his axe fell into the water. The poor woodcutter did not know how to swim. So he prayed to the river God.

The river God heard his prayer and appeared before him. "What is the matter, my good man?" he asked. "Help me," said the woodcutter. I am poor and I lost my axe. If I don't get my axe back, I will starve to death.

"Very well", answered the God. "You shall have your axe." God dived into the river and brought up an axe made of gold.

"Is this your axe, my good man?" he said.

"No," said the woodcutter. "That is not my axe."

Then God brought out a silver axe. The woodcutter again said that it was not his axe. The third time he brought up the axe which woodcutter had lost.

The woodcutter was very happy. "This is my axe."

God was pleased with woodcutter's honesty. He gave the gold axe and the silver axe also to him.

Speak the truth and you will be happy.

以下網站可以做為參考
http://www.india4world.com/indian-stories/folktales-indian/Honest-Woodcutter.shtml

在香港小學經常也被做為閱讀測試題目:
www.ccpass.edu.hk/sarshomework/S1/comprehension2.doc

Answer 2

那是伊索寓言，不是印度童話

Answer 3

Gold Axe and Silver Axe

One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, an angel appeared and asked, " Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water, and he needed it to make his living.

The angel went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe. " Is this your axe?" the angel asked.

" No." The woodcutter replied.

The angel again went down and came up with a silver axe.

" Is this your axe?" he asked.

Again, the woodcutter replied, " No."

The angel again went down and came up with an iron axe.

" Is this your axe?" the angel asked.

" Yes." The woodcutter answered.

The angel was pleased with the man' s honesty and gave him all three axes to keep, and the woodcutter went home happy.
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是這個吧？其實沒多少對話耶。