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* In the story of Mercury and the Woodsman - Mercury retrieves an axe made of gold and a second made of silver. Both times, the woodsman refuses the axes and gladly accepts his old trusty axe the god retrieves on the third try. Yes, Mercury was testing the fellow (notorious trickster and all), but to the woodcutter, an axe made of gold or silver are much too delicate to be of any use to him.

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* In the story of Mercury and the Woodsman - Mercury retrieves an axe made of gold and a second made of silver. Both times, the woodsman refuses the axes and gladly accepts his old trusty axe the god retrieves on the third try. Yes, Mercury was testing the fellow (notorious trickster and all), but to the woodcutter, an axe made of gold or silver are much too delicate to be of any use to him.him.
** Not to mention the fact that they'd be far too heavy for his purposes.
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* In the story of Mercury and the Woodsman - Mercury retrieves an axe made of gold and a second made of silver. Both times, the woodman refuses the axes and gladly accepts his old trusty axe the god retrieves on the third try. Yes, Mercury was testing the fellow (notorious trickster and all), but to the woodchutter, an axe made of gold or silver are much too delicate to be of any use to him.

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* In the story of Mercury and the Woodsman - Mercury retrieves an axe made of gold and a second made of silver. Both times, the woodman woodsman refuses the axes and gladly accepts his old trusty axe the god retrieves on the third try. Yes, Mercury was testing the fellow (notorious trickster and all), but to the woodchutter, woodcutter, an axe made of gold or silver are much too delicate to be of any use to him.
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* This is related to one of Literature/AesopsFables, so I assume it fits here. I was just thinking about the expression "sour grapes". What do grapes turn into when they go sour? W(h)ine! I wonder if that's what {{Aesop}} was thinking when he came up with that story? -Tropers/{{Cuchulainn}}

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* This is related to one of Literature/AesopsFables, so I assume it fits here. I was just thinking about the expression "sour grapes". What do grapes turn into when they go sour? W(h)ine! I wonder if that's what {{Aesop}} was thinking when he came up with that story? -Tropers/{{Cuchulainn}}
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* In the story of Mercury and the Woodsman - Mercury retrieves an axe made of gold and a second made of silver. Both times, the woodman refuses the axes and gladly accepts his old trusty axe the god retrieves on the third try. Yes, Mercury was testing the fellow (notorious trickster and all), but to the woodechutter, an axe made of gold or silver are much too delicate to be of any use to him.

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* In the story of Mercury and the Woodsman - Mercury retrieves an axe made of gold and a second made of silver. Both times, the woodman refuses the axes and gladly accepts his old trusty axe the god retrieves on the third try. Yes, Mercury was testing the fellow (notorious trickster and all), but to the woodechutter, woodchutter, an axe made of gold or silver are much too delicate to be of any use to him.
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* In the story of Mercury and the Woodsman - Mercury retrieves an axe made of gold and a second made of silver. Both times, the woodman refuses the axes and gladly accepts his old trusty axe the god retrieves on the third try. Yes, Mercury was testing the fellow (notorious trickster and all), but to the woodechutter, an axe made of gold or silver are much too delicate to be of any use to him.

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