This is a small group reader's theater is for 4 students. It is based on Aesop's tale of Mercury and the Woodman. Aesop's tales are a great way to teach students how to look for lessons or morals! The moral of the story is Honesty is the Best Policy. In the script, the Woodman was working in the forest beside a pool and, as it grew dark and he was tired, lost his axe. It fell into the deepest part of the pool where he could not get it. An Old Man appears and dives into the pool. He brings up a g