The Golden Eggs

One day a farmer went to the nest of his goose to see if she had laid an egg. To his surprise, he found, instead of an ordinary goose egg, an egg of solid gold.

“What a fine goose!” he cried. “I can sell this egg for a good deal of money.”
Every morning after that, the farmer found another golden egg in the nest. Every day he sold the golden egg. He was slowly growing rich.

But as the farmer grew rich, he grew greedy. One day he said to himself, “My goose lays just one golden egg each day. No doubt there are many more inside her!” And he had no rest until he had killed the goose.

But when he looked inside the bird, there were no golden eggs at all! It was just the same as any other goose.
“Oh my, oh my!” said the farmer. “Why was I so greedy? Now I shall be poor again. I have killed the goose that laid the golden eggs!”