![]() A recurring character is a water spirit who does this any time somebody drops an object into her home. ("Did you drop this silver pig, or this golden pig?" He chooses the golden one.) This is one of several folktales spoofed in episode 5 of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, during Bo-bobo's battle with the Ochazuke Alien.Can be played alongside an Honesty Aesop. ![]() See also Secret Test of Character and Stolen Good, Returned Better. ![]() This trope denotes situations where a similar test is given to a character, although perhaps with different results. Anime and manga seem to love spoofing the original, and it is a fairly common puzzle in Video Games, especially Role-Playing Games. This story has been modified by many cultures with the alteration of Hermes being replaced with a "Water Sprite" or a river/lake spirit, or a more culturally relevant religious figure, such as a Buddha or even God. But when he claims that one of the axes made of precious metals is his, Hermes knows that he is lying, and punishes him - by not only not giving him the axe in his hands, but also by leaving the original axe at the bottom of the river. Later, another workman hears the story and tries to invoke it deliberately. For his honesty, Hermes gives him the golden and silver one as well. Finally, Hermes pulls out the original axe. Then Hermes pulled out a golden axe, and asked whether it was his. First Hermes pulled out a silver axe, and asked whether it was the one the workman lost. The god Hermes found out what was wrong, and offered his aid. In one of Aesop's Fables (specifically, The Honest Woodcutter ), a workman dropped his axe into the river.
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