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As he leaned down to lift the fortune onto his shoulders he discovered that he lived too spineless to raise the heavyweight. He sighed profoundly and cursing his age, said: “If only I were dead.”

What are The Woodcutter and Death?

Once there lived an old woodcutter. He lived very poor and could barely make stops meet. One day he reached into the forest and collected a lot more wood than expected.

  • As he leaned down to lift the fortune onto his shoulders he discovered that he lived too spineless to raise the heavyweight. He sighed profoundly and cursing his age, said: “If only I were dead.”
  • Ignoring the old man’s clumsy deception Death made himself known. He explained that he had simply come, because he had been called. The woodcutter became less frightened and looked at Death.
  • He found it very hard to believe that this was really Death himself. Seeing his doubt, Death pointed at an old woman who bathed in a nearby pond.
  • The woman suddenly fell and died. This immediately brought the woodcutter to his senses. He at once remembered why he had wanted to die, and asked Death,

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