Clyde the Woodcutter
Once upon a time in a vast forest lived an eminently sensible earth pony named Clyde, who made a living cutting wood.
One day, Clyde passed by a pond. As he was sure-footed and always kept his humble bronze ax properly fastened in its holder, he walked right past without incident. Suddenly, a voice called out from behind:
“Thank the stars!”
Clyde turned to find a seapony popping its head out of the pond.
“May I help you?” asked Clyde.
“I just wanted to say how eternally grateful I am that somepony walked by my humble pond without fumbling their junk into the water,” the seapony huffed. “In gratitude for your prudence, I grant you everything that has ever fallen in.”
She wiggled her fins and suddenly a multitude of axes appeared before Clyde: some bronze, others stone, and there were even a few wooden ones. He stared for a moment, blinked, and stared again.
“I’m not a rubbish pony,” he stated.
The seapony’s smile strained. “I’ll turn your ax to gold if you just get rid of it all for me.”
“How can I cut wood with a golden ax?” Clyde asked.
“Platinum?” the seapony pleaded.
“How about you turn the junk to gold?” Clyde suggested.
“Oh. OH! Shoo-be-doo-be-doo!” The seapony fluttered her fins, and the whole pile turned to gold.
“Pleasure doing business with you,” Clyde said, scooping up the loot.
Moral of the story: Be patient with fairytale creatures: there’s no qualifying exam.
Mad loot.
SHOO BE DOO!
I lol'd
I love that moral
Man, I totally forgot about this series. I should write one.
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Go for it. I don't check Fimfiction quite as often anymore, but I'm still around.
This is possibly the best moral so far.
Clyde dun gots bling.
Who needs axes?
Axs for the win.
Hitler must love this story. It's all abou axis
I guess you could call it: the Axe Effect! . . . I'll throw myself out.
That is all
What was the original fairy tale (on which this is based) again?
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The Honest Woodcutter. Guy fumbles his axe into a body of water, local fae asks if he dropped a golden axe, a silver axe, or a regular axe. Guy is honest, fae rewards him with all three.
(Optionally he tells his greedy neighbour, who hurls his own axe into the water, chooses the golden axe when asked, and gets punished accordingly.)