Read the beginning of the story. Now, complete it in your own way.
Once there lived a poor man. He had a goose. It was
a wonderful goose. .................
A greedy farmer/ All covet, all lost. / Grasp all lose all.
Once there lived a farmer in a
village. He had a wonderful goose. The goose laid an egg of gold everyday. The man sold the eggs in
the market and earned his livelihood. The man was very happy with the goose. In
course of time, he became very greedy. He thought that there were
many eggs in the belly of the goose. He
wanted to have all the eggs at a time. Thus, he wished to be rich. One day he
hit upon a plan that he would kill the goose and get all the eggs of gold from
its belly. Then he would sell the eggs and become rich at once. The farmer told
his wife about his plan. His wife was wise but not greedy. She said to her
husband, “Don’t be greedy. Be happy with what we’ve.” But the farmer did not
listen to his wife. He killed the goose with a sharp knife. Then he cut open
its belly but
found no egg there. He became extremely disappointed and lost the valuable
goose forever. Far from becoming rich, he became poorer. Through this incident
the farmer understood that over greediness brought misfortune for him.
