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A man in the country has a goose.
English · Absolute Beginner
The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs
A farmer kills the goose that lays golden eggs, hoping to get all its gold at once.
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A strange yellow egg
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One day, he finds a yellow egg in the goose’s nest.
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The egg is very heavy.
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The man takes it home.
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There, he finds that the egg is made of gold.
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Every morning, the goose lays another gold egg.
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The man sells the eggs.
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Soon he is rich.
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