The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
A free A2-level English story for language learners, readable online in 7 languages, with an option to listen via the free Storyteller app.
A couple who own a goose that lays a golden egg every day grow impatient with their good fortune — and gamble it all away chasing a shortcut to riches.
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A man and his wife had the good fortune to own a Goose that laid a golden egg every single day.
Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough.
They imagined that if the Goose could lay golden eggs, she must be made of gold inside. So they thought that if they could get all that gold at once, they would become very rich indeed.
So the man and his wife decided to kill the Goose. But when they cut her open, they found that she was exactly like any other goose. There was no gold inside her at all.
Now they had neither their daily golden egg nor their precious Goose.
Those who have plenty want more, and so lose all that they have.
