An illustration02 All rights reserved Once upon a time there was a man cutting woods by the river. An illustration03 All rights reserved One day he happened to drop his axe into the water. An illustration04 All rights reserved He wept for his loss, didn’t know what to do. An illustration05 All rights reserved And then, there was the god Hermes appeared from a water, An illustration06 All rights reserved showed him a shiny golden axe. An illustration07 All rights reserved “Is this your axe?” asked Hermes. An illustration08 All rights reserved The man answered, “No it’s not, mine is not that fine.” An illustration09 All rights reserved Then Hermes showed him a silver axe and asked, An illustration10 All rights reserved “Or, is this the one?” An illustration11 All rights reserved “No, mine is not that beautiful either.” An illustration12 All rights reserved “Then is this the one?” An illustration13 All rights reserved The third one Hermes had shown him was dirty and worn-out. An illustration14 All rights reserved “Yes, that is the one! I’m so glad you finding it for me,” said he. An illustration15 All rights reserved “You are an honest man.” An illustration16 All rights reserved Hermes was so impressed by man’s honesty, that he gave him both golden and silver axe as well. An illustration17 All rights reserved When the man returned home and told his friend about it with overjoyed look, his friend was so jealous. An illustration18 All rights reserved and threw his axe into a water. An illustration19 All rights reserved He indeed did that on purpose and faked his crying. An illustration20 All rights reserved There once again the god Hermes appeared from the water, An illustration06 All rights reserved showed him a shiny golden axe. An illustration07 All rights reserved “Is this your axe?”asked Hermes. An illustration21 All rights reserved He answered, “Oh yes, that golden axe is mine. I happened to drop it into the water.” An illustration22 All rights reserved “What a greedy liar you are!” An illustration23 All rights reserved Hermes dove right back into the water. An illustration24 All rights reserved The man who was “A greedy liar”, not only lost his axe, but had to kept wailing by the water. An illustration25 All rights reserved The general image is "the goddess of the lake", but originally it is "hermes of the river" as in this story. The end One-point advice Illustration size 3840 × 2160 |
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