儿童寓言故事：生金蛋的鹅

 

The goose with the golden eggs

　　One morning a countryman went to his goose’s nest, and saw a yellow and glittering¹ egg 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.

生金蛋的鹅

　　一天早晨，一位农夫发现自家的鹅窝中有一只金灿灿的蛋。

　　他将蛋带回家，惊喜地发现这是一个金蛋。

　　此后，农夫每天都能得到一个金蛋。从此，他靠卖他的金蛋变得富有起来。

　　农夫变得越来越贪婪，他想一下子得到鹅肚子中所有的金蛋。于是他杀死了鹅，但是，鹅肚子中什么也没有。

　　寓意: 如果不懂得知足，贪得无厌，我们就会失去已经拥有的东西。

1 glittering   

a.闪闪发亮

参考例句：

• He has a glittering career ahead of him. 他前程似锦。
• He strove for the glittering prizes of politics. 他力争在政界取得辉煌的成绩。