Aesop BBC的伊索寓言40故事24 the_goose_that_laid_the_golden_eggs.pdf简介：
24. THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGSBy Nicky GrischottiThere once was a very poor farmer.So poor he lived in an old tumble- down pigsty in the middle of no- where with only acorns and the odd goose egg to eat and a bale of straw for his bed. His name was Attacus Greeb.Now Attacus Greeb hadnt always been poor. Hed inherited a large and prosperous farm from his father and hed owned land as far as the eye could see. But Attacus Greeb was a lazy man. He didnt like work.'I'm far too good to be milking cows,' he said. 'I should be Lord of the Manor with servants and footmen…and heaps of silver and gold.'So over the years, instead of work-ing for a living he'd simply sold off his possessions.He'd sold almost everything his father had given him - his house, his land, his horses, his pigs, his cattle and all he was left with wasone single goose who lived with him. 'Oh what is to become of me?' wailed Attacus late one night. 'I have no house, no food and no money and nothing left to sell…I shall surely starve!' And then he looked at his goose. 'It's no good honking at me goosey it's off with you to the market to-morrow – you haven't laid an egg in weeks and your feathers will fetch me a fair few guineas.' And off he went to sleep. The next morning Attacus Greeb awoke to a glittering dawn. It was so light and bright he had to shield his eyes. But it wasn't the sunlight shining, he could hardly believe what he saw, it was a gigantic, glorious…Golden Egg! 'You clever girl! Ha! H!a Ho! Ho! We'll be rich! Rich beyond our dreams!' So off he went to market pushing the egg in an old wheelbarrow… and back he came with a barrowful of meat to cook, chicken feed for his goose and a huge bag of coins. 1'Oh how I wish I had money to buy a horse-drawn carriage,' he said patting his full tummy that night. �'That's what I need to be happy.' Well, the very next morning the same thing happened…there was another shiny golden egg lying beside the goose. S 展开>>

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