എസ്.എൻ.ഡി.പി.എച്ച്.എസ്എസ്. ഉദയംപേരൂർ/അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം/The cruel woodcutter
The cruel woodcutter
There was a cruel mighty wood cutter was lived. He had a huge axe. He cut down whole forest from one end of the land to the other. The trees grew afraid when his foot steps were heard. No trunks, no matter, how big, could withstand the swing of the wood cutter. But one day, just as he was about to cut down the Queen of trees. The wood cutters axe handled broke. He tried to fix an axe maker who would fixed it. But the axe was too big. No one could ment it. The wood cutter could not chop the trees. And the trees were happy. They grew taller and unafraid. While the wood cutter grew poorer and poorer. Unable to make his living cutting wood. One day, desperate the wood cutter went to the Queen of the trees. And begged her one branch to mend. He promised the great tree that if she let him have a branch, he would never cut down any trees in her forest. But go else where to work and chop, leaving her trees to grow in peace and sunlight. He swore it on his axe head and on his life. The queen of the trees, innocent and native. agreed. So the queen of of trees gave one of her own branches to the wood cutter. And he used it to make a handle for his huge axe. And when he was done. When he had mended his axe, he began to chop down the queen of trees. She cried out in pain and loss But you made me a promise. You said, you would not chop the trees. But the wood cutter only laughed I am a wood cutter and you are a tree. And so he cut down the queen of the trees, and whole forest. And no trees lived happily ever after .
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