One day a poor man was cutting a tree near a river. Suddenly his old axe(斧子) fell in-to the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then a fairy (tiller) came out and asked him what was the matter.
"I have lost my axe." he said, "It fell into the water when I was cutting the tree."
The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, "Is that yours"
"No." said the man.
The fairy then showed him a silver (银) axe and asked again, "is this yours"
"No." again answered the man. Then she showed him the old axe.
"Yes, that is mine." called out the happy man.
"I know it." said the fairy, "1 only wanted to see whether you are honest, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe with the old one.\
How many axes did the fairy give the man