A wood man was cutting down a tree..........into the river and asked him whether it was his.

A wood man was cutting down a tree on the bank of a river. By chance he let slip his axe into the river. It sank into the bottom at last. In great distress for his loss, he sat down by the side of the river and wept bitterly. Mercury, the god of water, took pity on him. He appeared before him. Hearing the cause of his sorrow, he dived into the bottom of the river, brought a golden axe and asked the man if that was his.

Summary: Once a woodman was cutting a tree on the bank of a river. Suddenly his axe slipped off his hand and sank into it. Being very sorry he was weeping bitterly. So Mercury took pity on him, brought up a golden axe for him diving into the river and asked him whether it was his.