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A man and his wife had the good fortune to possess a goose that laid a golden egg every day. Lucky
though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and imagining the
bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the whole store of precious
metal at once. But when they cut it open, they found it was just like any other goose. Thus, they
neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor continued to enjoy the daily addition to their wealth.
What is greed; be grateful for what you have