A woodman was once working on the bank of a deep river. Suddenly his axe slipped from his hand and dropped into the water. “Oh! I have lost my axe,” he cried. “What shall I do? Who can help me?” Mercury

One day a man was walking along the street. He carried an old bag in his hands. He was wondering why people who had so much money were never satisfied and always wanted more. “As to me,” he said, “if I