有个樵夫在河边砍柴,不小心把斧子掉到河里,被河水冲走了。他坐在河岸上失声痛哭。赫耳墨斯知道了此事,很可怜他,走来问明原因后,便下到河里,捞起一把金斧子,问是不是他的,他说不是;接着赫耳墨斯又捞起一把银斧子来问是不是他掉下去的,他仍说不是;赫耳墨斯第三次下去,捞起樵夫的斧子时,樵夫说这才是他所失去的那一把。赫耳墨斯很赞赏樵夫为人诚实,便把金斧、银斧都作为礼物送给他。 There was a woodcutter chopping wood by the river and accidentally dropped the ax into the river and was washed away by the river. He sobbed on the bank of the river. Hermes knew it, and pitied him very much. When he asked for reasons, he went down to the river, picked up a golden ax and asked if it was him. He said no, and then Hermes reckoned He started with a silver ax to ask if he had fallen, and he still said no; the third time that Hermes had gone and picked up the woodman’s ax, the woodman said that was the one he had lost. Hermes appreciated the faithfulness of the woodcutter and gave him a golden ax and silver ax as a gift.