2. THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS

 

 

 

 

THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS

2. THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS [slow] [normal]

 

A Farmer and his Wife had the good fortune to possess a Goose which laid a Golden Egg every day.

 

Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough.

 

"The bird must be made of gold inside," said the farmer. "If we kill it, we can get all the gold at once!"

 

But when they cut it open they found it was just like any other goose.

 

Thus, they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their wealth.

 

Much wants more and loses all.

 

 

 

 

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