The Goose with the Golden Eggs

Once there was a Countryman
The most wonderful Goose possessed
And every day he went to her
A golden egg was in her nest

He took the eggs to the market
And soon became quite rich at last
But only gets one egg a day
He needed to get more eggs fast

Then one day while counting money
The idea came into his mind
Kill the Goose and cut her open
Take all the eggs that he can find

When this terrible deed was done
He discovered to his dread
Not a single golden egg was found
And his precious Goose was dead

'Too much greed will leave you with nothing'

You hear about this one all the time. People losing all their possessions either from gambling or from the stock markets. It's probably good to want more because that gives us motivation but if we want more even though we're pretty comfortable with what we have. If something was giving you a good thing, be happy with it instead of wanting more. Better than ruining it and having nothing afterwards. Not much you can do with a dead goose except eat it.

By the way, you probably noticed but I got bored so decided to make everything a little bit more prettier with illustrations!!

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