生金蛋的鹅
One morning a countryman went to his goose's nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg there.
一天早晨,一位农夫发现自家的鹅窝中有一只金灿灿的蛋。
他将蛋带回家,惊喜地发现这是一个金蛋。
Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs.
此后,农夫每天都能得到一个金蛋。从此,他靠卖他的金蛋变得富有起来。
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.
农夫变得越来越贪婪,他想一下子得到鹅肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他杀死了鹅,但是,鹅肚子中什么也没有。
寓意
如果不懂得知足,贪得无厌,我们就会失去已经拥有的东西。
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