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The Goose That Laid Golden Eggs

One day a farmer was walking by his barn when he heard a loud cackling and squawking. Rushing in, he saw that his goose had laid a shining golden egg. The next day the same thing happened, and the next. The farmer was growing rich. But the richer he got, the greedier he became. “Why wait?” he thought. “I’ll kill the goose and get all her eggs at once.” Imagine how he felt when he opened up the goose and found no eggs at all.

By wanting too much, you may lose everything.