The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs
Long time ago, there lived a farmer with his wife in a village. He had a goose that laid one golden egg every day. The eggs provided enough money for the farmer and his wife for their basic needs. The income was sufficient and both the farmer and his wife were happy with their income. But since greed is a human instinct, one day, the farmer thought, “I think I can take all the eggs from this goose in one go.”😈
His ignorant wife denied initially but then together they decided to cut the goose in order to take all the eggs at one time. As soon as they cut the bird open, they found nothing inside the guts. And the bird was dead. Both the farmer and his wife realised their msitake and cried. Because they had lost their single source of income.😥
Moral of the story: One who desires more, loses all.
The English idiom “kill not the goose that lays the golden egg” was also derived from this classic story.
His ignorant wife denied initially but then together they decided to cut the goose in order to take all the eggs at one time. As soon as they cut the bird open, they found nothing inside the guts. And the bird was dead. Both the farmer and his wife realised their msitake and cried. Because they had lost their single source of income.😥
Moral of the story: One who desires more, loses all.
The English idiom “kill not the goose that lays the golden egg” was also derived from this classic story.
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