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In episode 6, Io asks everyone the following question:

> Was the Sakaki you dropped in this pool a Gold Sakaki, or a Silver Sakaki?

What is this in reference to?


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What is the reference behind "...Gold Sakaki or a Silver Sakaki" that Io mentions?


This is in reference to one of [Aesop's
Fables](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables), ["The Honest
Woodman."](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honest_Woodman)

> The Greek version of the story tells of a woodcutter who accidentally
> dropped his axe into a river and, because this was his only means of
> livelihood, sat down and wept. Taking pity on him, the god Hermes (also
> known as Mercury) dived into the water and returned with a golden axe. "Was
> this what you had lost?", Hermes asked, but the woodcutter said it was not,
> and returned the same answer when a silver axe was brought to the surface.
> Only when his own tool is produced does he claim it. Impressed by his
> honesty, the god allows him to keep all three. Hearing of the man's good
> fortune, an envious neighbor threw his own axe into the river and wailed for
> its return. When Hermes appeared and offered him a golden axe, the man
> greedily claimed it but was denied both that and the return of his own axe.


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