Once upon a time, there lived a very poor farmer who had nothing buta goose. He fed it well and it grew up. One day the goose laid an egg. To the farmer's surprise, the egg was pure gold - the goose
had laid a golden egg! The farmer was Very glad. He
sold the egg for a large sum of money.
Every day the goose laid a golden egg, and the poor farmer became richer and richer. But he did not think he was rich enough. He wanted to have a big and beautiful house for his family, diamonds and rubies for his wife and daughters,and more land and houses for his sons. "One golden egg a day is not enough" the farmer thought. "I want all the golden eggs now. But how shall I get them? Ah yes, I must kill the goose." When he woke up the next morning, therefore, he called the goose at once which came to him trustingly. Quickly the man grabbed its neck and wrung it. Then he cut open the goose. Alas, there were no golden eggs inside. Now he did not have even one golden egg a day