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The Goose With the Golden Eggs English with Fairy Tales

The Goose With the Golden Eggs The Goose With the Golden Eggs Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second thoughts, and soon found to his delight that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became ...

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Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl

Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl is an English and Persian instructor, educator, researcher, inventor, published author, blogger, SEO expert, website developer, entrepreneur, and the creator of LELB Society. He's got a PhD in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language).

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6 thoughts on “The Goose With the Golden Eggs English with Fairy Tales”

  1. The moral of the story is that when you have achieved something, be patient and don’t go too fast, otherwise you can lose everything you deserve or have achieve
    Rozita

    • As you correctly and wisely mentioned, avarice or greed can put us in danger.
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      you deserve or have achieve = you deserve or have achieved

  2. Hello d.r what does (pure gold) means?

    • Hi Soroosh,
      Pure gold means 100% gold, and nothing else mixed with it. As a result, it must be exceptionally precious.

  3. The central theme of this story is that one should be patient with his/her progress and give it a time, and impatience and greediness only make it worse.

    • Excellent remark!
      I can also add that ingratitude and avarice could lead to more accumulated misery and reduce the overall level of one’s happiness in life. We’re advised to note that there’s technically no limit to one’s greed.

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