extra 131 生金蛋的鹅

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生金蛋的鹅

The Goose with the Golden Eggs

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。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。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。

yī tiān zǎo chén , yī wèi nóng fū fā xiàn zì jiā de é wō zhōng yǒu yī zhī jīn càn càn de dàn . tā jiāng dàn dài huí jiā , jīng xǐ de fā xiàn zhè shì yī gè jīn dàn . cǐ hòu , nóng fū měi tiān dōu néng dé dào yī gè jīn dàn . cóng cǐ , tā kào mài tā de jīn dàn biàn dé fù yǒu qǐ lái . nóng fū biàn de yuè lái yuè tān lán , tā xiǎng yī xià zǐ dé dào é dǔ zǐ zhōng suǒ yǒu de jīn dàn . yú shì tā shā sǐ le é , dàn shì , é dǔ zǐ zhōng shén me yě méi yǒu .

One morning a countryman went to his goose's nest, and saw a yellow and glittering egg. He took the egg home. To his delight, he found that it was an egg of pure gold. Every morning the same thing occurred, and he soon became rich by selling his eggs. 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.

Useful expressions

人不能贪得无厌。 rén bù néng tān dé wú yàn .
You cannot be too greedy and insatiable.

做人不能太贪心。 zuò rén bù néng tài tān xīn .
You don't want to covet too much.

贪婪让人堕落。 tān lán ràng rén duò là .
Greed corrupts.