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The Woodcutter’s Tale – a Back-to-School Parable

The Woodcutter’s Tale – a Back-to-School Parable

by mylinhshattan | Aug 15, 2014 | On Education, Stories

Once upon a time, there lived a woodcutter who went into the forest to chop down wood.  He felled 18 trees that day and brought them to the timber merchant. “You are the best woodcutter around,” the merchant said and gave him his pay. The second day, the...

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