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 rich by selling his eggs.As he grew rich, he grew
greedy; and thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.