Once there was a poor man. He lived in a small house with his wife. They did not have much money. One morning the man went to the barn. He had a goose there. The goose sat on the straw. Then the man saw something bright. It was an egg. But it was not a normal egg. It was made of pure gold. The man could not believe his eyes. The man took the golden egg. He ran to his wife. "Look!" he said. "Our goose laid a golden egg!" His wife was very happy. They sold the egg at the market. They got a lot of money. The next morning the man went to the barn again. There was another golden egg. Every day the goose laid one golden egg. Every day the man sold it for gold. Soon the man and his wife were rich. They bought fine clothes and good food. Their life was easy now. But the man was not happy for long. He wanted more gold, and he wanted it now. "One egg a day is too slow," he said. "I want all the gold today." He looked at the goose and thought. "She makes gold inside her body," he said. "She must be full of gold. I will open her, and I will take all the gold at once." So the man took a sharp knife. He killed the goose. He opened her with the knife. But there was no gold inside. The goose was just like any other goose. There was nothing there. It was only a dead bird. Now the man was very sad. The goose was dead. There were no more golden eggs. He had no gold and no goose. He wanted too much, so he lost everything. Be happy with what you have. Greed can take it all away.