人要懂得知足常乐的道理，如果贪得无厌杀鸡取卵，我们就会失去已经拥有的东西。这是本篇文章所折射出来的一个人生道理...

　　Lay golden goose

　　One morning a countryman went to his goose's nest, and saw a yellow and glitteringegg there.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.

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　　【译文】

　　生金蛋的鹅

　　一天早晨，农夫去他的鹅窝看见一只金灿灿的蛋，他带回家后发现这是一只纯金蛋。每天早晨同样的事情都会发生，他也靠卖金蛋逐渐变得富足起来。

　　农夫变得越来越贪婪，他想立刻得到鹅肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他杀死了鹅，但是，在鹅肚中他什么也没找到。