13.The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs生金蛋的鹅

 The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs

By Aesop

1．A man and his wife had the goodfortune to possess a goose that laid a golden egg every day . Lucky though theywere , they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough , andimagining the bird must be made of gold inside , they decided to kill it inorder to secure the whole store of precious metal at once .

2．But when they cut it open theyfound it was just like any other goose Thus , they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped , nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their wealth.

3．Much wants more and loses all .

生金蛋的鹅

伊索

Aesop 伊索。穷人求富，富求更富，此人之常情。殊不知我们求得越多往往失去得越多。“君子素富贵行乎宝贵，素贫贱行乎贫贱”，古今中外的先圣前贤都告诉我们知足才能常乐。

1．一对好运的夫妇有一只每天都生一只金蛋的鹅。他们已经非常幸运，但没过多久，他们开始想自己致富的速度还不够快。他们想这只鹅的内脏一定是用金子做的，便决定把它杀死，以便获得里面的金子。

2．他们把鹅的肚腹割开后，却发现与一般的鹅没什么两样。就这样，他们并没有像他们所希望的那样成为暴发户，而且失去了一只金蛋的收入。

3．贪婪者将一无所获。