Once upon a time, there was a woodcutter cutting wood in the forest. Suddenly, his axe broke and fell into the lake nearby. He started to cry. A Buddha appeared and promised to help him take the axe back. For the first time, the Buddha jumped into the lake and fished a gold axe. But the woodcutter said it wasn’t his. For the second time, the Buddha fished a silver axe. However, it wasn’t the woodcutter’s axe, too. And for the third time, the Buddha fished an iron axe. The woodcutter cheered and confirmed that was his axe. The Buddha praised him for being honest and gave him all three axes.