Scene 1 The Honest Woodcutter

Scene 1

The Honest Woodcutter

(One day, H and G were chopping firewood together in the mountain.)

H:See all this hard work we?ve been doing.

It?s really difficult for us to make a living.

G: Y

es, I don?t know how many days we have to keep doing the s

ame , chop, and chop.

(At that time, his axe accidentally dropped into the lake.)

H:Oh, no.

My axe!

G:It?s getting dark.

We?d better find your axe quickly.

H:Well, it?s O.K.

Y

ou can go back first.

If I can?t find it today, I will find it tomo

rrow.

G:Hmm.

O.K., I will see you later (going home alone).

H: Aack, I should have been more careful.

Now how can I find my axe?

God:I am God of the Lake.

Y

ou seem to have a problem?

What happened?

H:I dropped my axe into the lake by accident.

Can you help me find it?

God:No problem.

It?s a piece of cake.

I?ll be right back (disappearing).

God:Is this gold axe yours?

H: No, it?s not.

God:O.K., just a second.

How about this silver axe?

Is it yours?

H:

No, it?s not mine, either.

God: Then, this one?

H:

Y

es, it?s mine.

Thank you so much. Y

ou really saved my day.

God: Y

oung man, you are such an honest person.

Nowadays it?s hard to find people as honest as

you. Therefore,

I?d

like

to

give

you

both

of

these

two

axes,

the

gold

one

and

the silver

one,

t

o

award you for your honesty

.

H:

Really?

Aren?t you kidding?

God: Of course not.

We gods never lie.

H:Oh, thank you so much.

Today is really my lucky day.

I promise I?ll work even harder.

I

won?t let you down.

God:

That?s good, young man.

Good luc

k!

Scene 2

The Greedy Woodcutter

(The following day, the greedy woodcutter went to the honest woodcutter?s home.)

G:

Hey, you?ve got these gold and sliver axes.

Where did you get them?

Did you buy

them?

Impossible!

Y

ou are even poorer than I

.

Or … did you pick them up somewhere?

H:No way!

Something incredible happened to me just after you went home yesterday afternoon,

and I got these two axes.

G:

Something incredible? Could you tell me what exactly happened yesterday?

H:er

we were chopping the wood and I dropped my axe into the lake?I told you to

go home and not to worry about me.

In fact, I was worried to death because I didn?t know how

to

find

it.I was

so worried

that

I cried

by

the

that

moment,

God

of

the

Lake

appeared

suddenly, and he helped me find my ax in the lake.

I was so happy when I saw the axe I lost, but

something

even

better

before I

left,

the

God

gave me

the

gold

and

sliver

axes

as

gifts.

G:

How nice.

That was truly something incre

dible.

I?d like to try my luck this afternoon

to see if I can also get the gold and sliver axes.

(The greedy woodcutter could hardly wait till the afternoon because he wanted very much to get

the gold and sliver axes.

The afternoon finally came.)