The Goose With The Golden Eggs |
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The Goose With The Golden Eggs
The Goose With The Golden Eggs
[See The Goose And Golden Egg: The goose laid a beautiful golden egg.]
One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg
all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he
was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon
him. But he took it home on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight
that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he
soon became rich by selling his eggs. As he grew rich he grew greedy; and
thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and
opened it only to find, - nothing.
"Greed Oft O`Er Reaches Itself."
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