One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe   fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy   came out and asked the man what the was matter. "I have lost my axe." he said, "It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood." The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, "Is that yours?" "No." said the man. The fairy then showed him a silver   axe and asked again, "Is this yours?" "No." again answered the man. Then she showed him the old axe. "Yes, that is mine." called out the happy man. "I know it well enough." said the fairy, "I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides   your own one." ,. One day , when the poor man was cutting wood near the river ,  _  .
He fell into the water. His old axe fell into the water. He met a young man . He found an axe.