Encouragement Prize

Golden Axe and Silver Axe (Korean Painting)




Outline
One day a woodcutter goes into the forest but drops his axe in the pond. A water spirit appears and asks if a silver axe is his. The woodcutter replies no. The spirit appears again with a golden axe, then a plain axe. The woodcutter says the plain axe is his. The spirit rewards him for his honesty.


Japanese


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