1 Read the sentences in correct order. Mercury was pleased with the man's honesty and made him a present of the other two axes. Mercury didn't help the woodman's friend because he was not honest. A woodman was working on the bank of a deep river. One of the woodman's friends decided to try his luck. The woodman's axe slipped from his hand and dropped into the water. Mercury brought the woodman's axe. Mercury heard the poor man's cries and decided to help him.​