This is a fable by Babrius showing that grasping people often destroy the very thing that is of benefit to them.
The Goose that Laid the Golden
Eggs
A CERTAIN man
had the good fortune to possess a goose that laid a golden egg every day.
Dissatisfied with one egg a day, and thinking to obtain the whole treasure at
once, he killed the goose, and, cutting her open, found her - just what any
other goose would be!
Text: John Coker edition (p112, 1927).
Selected parallels: Babrius 123. Avianus 33.
Caxton, (Avianus 24). La Fontaine 5/13.
L’Estrange 1/247. Chambry 287. Perry 87. Daly 87. TMI D876.
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