介绍:
This story is about Tom, Elena, a little white goose, a goat, some hens and a goldsmith. This map shows where Tom and Elena live.
Tom lived in a small cottage with his wife Elena. They were very poor but they had everything they needed. They had a goat to give them milk. They had a garden to grow vegetables and they had hens and geese for fresh eggs. Every morning, Tom collected the eggs. He took them to sell in the village. One morning he found something strange. "What's this?" One of the eggs was dark yellow and very heavy. At first Tom thought it was a trick. "Look! Someone stole an egg and left a stone." Elena was amazed. "That's not a stone, Tom!" It was a solid golden egg. Tom took all the eggs to the village. Then he went to see the goldsmith. The goldsmith was amazed too. He wanted to buy the egg. "How much?" Tom had never seen so much money. He bought a new dress for Elena. Then he went home. That evening, Tom gave Elena her new dress. She wasn't happy. "Oh Tom, it's too good for me! And we need to fix the roof." Tom thought. Maybe Elena was right. Maybe he should have saved the money. But it was too late. He had spent all of it. Then, the next morning, he found another golden egg. "Now we can fix the roof." And the next morning he found another. "It's the little white goose." Every day Tom sold a golden egg. He bought new clothes for himself and Elena. He built a bigger and better house. They had a big garden and lots of servants. Tom and Elena were rich! But Tom wanted more. "I want a HUGE house." One golden egg a day wasn't enough. He wanted lots of gold. "The little white goose must be full of gold." "Let's kill the goose,"said Elena. They crept outside. Elena grabbed the goose. Tom killed it. Then they cut the house open. But there was no gold inside at all. "What have we done?"they said. "No more gold! We'll be poor again!" They had been too greedy. Now they had lost everything.
Tom collected the eggs every morning. He never found another golden egg.
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