A Greedy Farmer and His Wonderful Goose- Story
The Greedy Farmer
There was once a farmer who had a hen that laid golden eggs. Every morning, he would go to the hen house and collect the precious egg. He would sell it in the market and earn a lot of money.
The farmer was very happy with his hen, but he was also very greedy. He thought to himself, “If this hen can lay one golden egg every day, then she must have a lot of gold inside her. Why should I wait for one egg every day when I can have all the gold at once?”
So he decided to kill the hen and cut her open. He took a sharp knife and went to the hen house. He grabbed the hen and slit her throat. Then he cut her belly and looked inside.
But to his dismay, he found nothing but blood and guts. There was no gold inside the hen. He realized that he had killed the hen that gave him a steady income. He regretted his foolishness and greed, but it was too late. He had lost his hen and his golden eggs.
MORAL: Greed is the root of all evil.