When a greedy neighbor heard the story, he ran to the river, threw his own axe into the water, and pretended to cry. The River God appeared again and brought up a golden axe.

“Is this your axe?” asked the god.

One afternoon, while chopping a tree near the river, his axe slipped from his hand and fell into the deep water. The woodcutter sat down sadly, for the axe was his only tool and he had no money to buy another.

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