The Honest Woodcutter

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The Honest Woodcutter

Hans lived in the forest. He chopped wood with his axe. He sold the wood at the market to buy food for his family.

One day, Hans went deep into the forest. He found a tall tree besides the river. Hans took out his axe and started to cut the tree. Chop… chop…chop… Hans chopped the tree. It was hard work.

Then Hans saw a little monkey sitting on a rock. The monkey was watching Hans. The monkey made a funny face. Hans laughed. He laughed harder and harder. The monkey jumped. He also jumped. But his axe slipped out of his hand.

Oooooops! The axe fell into the river. SPLASH! “Oh no!” said Hans. “What will I do now?” The river was deep. Hans could not swim. “Without my axe, I cannot cut wood. How will I buy food for my family?” Hans started to cry.

“Why are you crying?” said a voice. Hans looked up. A beautiful fairy was floating over the river. “I lost my axe in the river,” cried Hans. “I can help,” said the fairy. “Wait here.” The fairy disappeared into the water. She came back holding three new axes: a bronze axe, a silver axe, and a gold axe.

“Which one is yours?” asked the fairy. Hans shook his head. “None of them.” The fairy disappeared into the water again. She came back holding a dirty old axe. “Is this your axe?” asked the fairy. “Yes!” cried Hans. “Thank you!”

The fairy smiled. “You are a very honest boy,” said the fairy. “I will reward you. You can keep all the axes.” “Wow! Thank you!” said Hans.

Moral of the story: Do not trick other people. Be honest.

Name:_______________________________ Day:____________Date:__________

Answer the questions below.

1) Where did the woodcutter live?a) In the parkb) In the forestc) In the river

2) Where did the woodcutter get his wood?

a) In the marketb) In the riverc) In the forest

3) What was the woodcutter doing?

a) He was daydreamingb) He was resting on a

branch of treec) He was cutting trees for

wood

4) What happened to him?a) He dropped his axeb) He had cut enough

woodc) He fell from the tree

5) What animal did the woodcutter found?

a) Monkeyb) Elephantc) Lion

6) Why did the woodcutter cry?a) He lost his axeb) He fell from the treec) He was hungry

7) The fairy awarded him the following except

a) A gold axeb) A bronze axec) An old axe

8) Why did the fairy reward him?1) For his patience2) For his honesty3) For his bravery

9) Did the woodcutter found his axe at last?

a) Yesb) No

10) What is the moral of the story?

a) Be greedyb) Do not be tricky

Be brave

Name:_________________________ Day:______________ Date:_____________

Class the words with phonemes /m/ and /n/.

Molly new napkinmaton

Nat monkey May some more

/m/ /n/

Name:_________________________ Day:______________ Date:_____________

Fill in the blank spaces based on the story. Refer to the text in the textbook.

One day, __________ sat ____ a ________.

__________ wore a ________ _____________.

______, the cat saw ___________.

more me home

_______ quickly put ____ a ____________ suit.

He walked towards ___________.

Molly saw a ____________ in Nat’s hand.

______ I sit here with you?

Yes.

Can I have ___________, please?

Yes, I have ___________ at ____________. Follow ________.

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