A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe, glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water.

有一个樵夫在河边砍树，突然，他的斧子飞离了树干，从手中落入水里。

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So he went and began to fell a tree at the edge of the river, and presently contrived to let his axe drop into the water.

于是，他去河畔砍树，并故意将自己的斧子丢入河水中。

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"Is this your axe?" he asked. "No," said the woodcutter. Then Mercury jumped into the river again.

“这是你的斧子吗？”他问。樵夫说：“不是。”墨丘利又跳进河里。

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The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) study found agricultural waste had been washed into Uphill Slipway beach from the River Axe.

BBC: Weston Uphill Slipway beach fails water quality standard