The Goose that laid the Gold Eggs(在线收听) |
The Goose that laid the Gold EggsA farmer and his wife once had a goose that laid a solid gold egg every day.Each evening they settled it securely in its pen in the corner of their kitchen with a bowl of the best corn and a saucer of freshwater Each morning they found a new,bright yellow egg in its nest of sweet hay.One day the farmer's wife said to her husband:“These eggs are all very well,my dear,but though I suppose we will be rich in the end,it is a very slow way of making a fortune.By the time we get it,it will not be worth half what it is today.Now I have an idea.It is obvious to me that there must be a great store of golden eggs inside our goose.Why should we wait all our lives for her to lay them?Go and get a knife and we'11 have all the gold now while we can still enjoy it.” |
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