One morning a countryman went to his goose's nest, and saw a yellow and glitteringegg there.He took the egg home. To his delight, he found that it was an egg of pure gold.

　　Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs.

　　The countryman became more and more greedy. He wanted to get all the gold at once, so he killed the goose, when he looked inside, he found nothing in its body.

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生金蛋的鵝

　　一天早晨，農(nóng)夫去他的鵝窩看見一只金燦燦的蛋，他帶回家后發(fā)現(xiàn)這是一只純金蛋。每天早晨同樣的事情都會發(fā)生，他也靠賣金蛋逐漸變得富足起來。

　　農(nóng)夫變得越來越貪婪，他想立刻得到鵝肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他殺死了鵝，但是，在鵝肚中他什么也沒找到。