The Goose and the Golden Eggs

Long long ago, there was a farmer. He always dreamed of having a lot of money. But he never did any hard work.

One day, the farmer found a goose on his way to the market. Someone must have lost this goose, he thought; maybe I will take care of the goose from this moment. Besides, I can have some goose eggs every day. So the farmer brought the goose to his house.

The first thing he did when he woke up the next day is checking the goose’s nest. To his great surprise, he found an egg, and it was an egg of pure gold. The farmer went to the market and sold the golden egg. He got lots of money. Much more than the one he made by hard work. He was never so delighted.

From then on, the same thing happened every morning. And he soon became rich by selling his eggs. The farmer became more and more greedy. He wanted to get all the golden eggs at once, so he killed the goose, but when he looked inside the goose, he found nothing in its body. Soon, the farmer became poor again.




Joan, USTKid, 2018