【名著】伊索寓言6

The Goose with Golden Egg 下金蛋的鹅 A Farmer and his wife live in a small house in the country. They are very poor. Then one day something fantastic happens. . Farmer: Good morning, dear. Wife: Good morning. I’ll fry you some eggs. The wife goes out to the barn to get some eggs. She suddenly shouts loudly to the Farmer. Wife: Come out here, dear! Quickly! Farmer: Why? What’s the matter? The Farmer runs out to the barn. Wife: Look at this! Farmer: What is it? Wife: It’s a golden egg! Farmer: A golden egg? Where did you get is? Wife: From this Goose. It laid this golden egg. Goose: Quack, quack! Farmer: I can’t believe it. It’s so shiny and beautiful. What shall we do with it? Wife: Sell it at the market. Farmer: Good idea. I’ll sell it and buy some meat. Wife: Yes. I’ll cook you a delicious meal tonight. Farmer: Yahoo! Thank you, Goose! The Farmer goes to the market that afternoon and gets a good price for the golden egg. The Farmer and his Wife have a nice dinner that night, but they can’t fall asleep. They are so excited and hope that the goose will lay another golden egg tomorrow morning. Goose: Cock –a –doodle-doo!!! Farmer: Wake up, dear. Let’s see if the Goose laid another golden egg. Wife: Okay. Let’s hurry. The two rush out to the barn. Farmer: Look! Another golden egg! Wife: Thank you, Goose. We will be rich soon. Farmer: Yes. Thanks to the Goose. Feed it well, dear. Wife: Of course. I will feed it the best food. After that, the Farmer and his Wife gave the Goose the best food. They loved the Goose. The Goose kept laying a golden egg every day. Some months later, the couple moved to a bigger house. They were very happy. Farmer: Thanks to the Goose, we are not poor anymore. Wife: That is true. But I’m getting curious. Farmer: About what? Wife: The Goose doesn’t look special. Farmer: So what? Wife: But how can it lay golden eggs? Farmer: Good question. Now I’m getting curious, too. Hmm… More months passed and the Farmer and his Wife became quite rich. Farmer: We are now quite rich. Thanks to the Goose. Wife: Yes. But I want to get really rich fast. Farmer: How? Wife: Think. We don’t know how the Goose lays the golden eggs. But we know where they are coming from. Farmer: We do? Where? Wife: From the Goose’s stomach, of course. So its stomach must be full of golden eggs. Farmer: Perhaps. I don’t know. Wife: Can’t you see? We can become really rich all at once. Farmer: What do you mean? Wife: Cut open the Goose’s stomach. Take out all of the golden eggs inside. Farmer: You mean kill the Goose? Wife: Yes. A golden egg a day is too slow. I want to become really rich. Now! Farmer: But it has given us a golden egg every day. It made us rich. We can’t kill it now. Wife: Why not? Don’t you want to become richer faster? Farmer: Yes, but we are rich right now. Wife: Yes. But I want to become really really rich. I want to live in the city. Bring the knife from the kitchen. Farmer: If you wish, dear. The Farmer brings a sharp knife from the kitchen. The Goose sees the knife and starts crying and runs away. The Wife hides the knife behind her back. Goose: Quack, quack! Wife: What’s the matter, Goose? I have something delicious for you. Goose: Quack, quack! Wife: it’s running away! Go and catch it! Farmer: Okay, dear. Come here, Goosey. Goose: Quack, quack! Wife: Catch it, catch it! Farmer: I got it! Goose: Quack, quack! The Farmer catches the Goose and the Wife is about to cut open its stomach. Wife: We will be really rich soon. How many eggs will there be? Farmer: I don’t know. But there must be many. I’m getting curious now. Hurry up. Cut it open. Wife: Okay, here I go. Goose: (scream)Q-U-A-C-K!!! The Goose’s stomach is cut open. The Farmer and his Wife look surprised. Farmer: Where are the golden eggs? Wife: I don’t know. There must be some inside. Look carefully! Farmer: There are none! What have we done? Wife: No golden eggs? Farmer: Poor Goose. We were too greedy. So we will become poor again. Wife: Poor us! Farmer: Boo-hoo-hoo. MORAL Don’t be greedy.