the goose that lays the golden eggs

Once upon a time there was a farmer so poor, so poor, that he did not even own a cow.he did not even own a cow. He was the poorestthe poorest in the village. And it so happened that one day, while working in theand lamenting his lot, a little dwarf appeareda little dwarf appeared and said to him:

-Good man, I have heard your lamentations, and and I am going to change your fortune. Take this hen; she is so wonderful that every day she lays a golden egg. lays a golden egg. The dwarf disappeared without further ado, and the farmer took the hen to his yard. the farmer took the hen back to his barnyard. The next day the next day, to his surprise, he found a golden egg. egg. He put it in a basket and went with it to the city, where he sold the egg for a high price. the city, where he sold the egg for a high price. price.

The next day, mad with joy, he found another golden egg. At last fortune had come into his house! into his house! Every day he had a new egg. So it was that little by little, with the proceeds of the. the proceeds from the sale of the eggs, he became the richest man in the county. richest man in the county. However, a foolish greed made him the richest man in the county, however, a foolish greed took hold of his heart and he thought:

"Why wait for the hen to lay an egg every day?

lay an egg every day? I'd better kill her and discover the

gold mine inside her".

And so he did, but inside the hen he found no gold mine.

found no gold mine. Because of the greed

greed, this foolish villager ruined the fortune he had.

ruined the fortune he had.

QUESTIONS.

1. What values does the golden goose foster? ________________________________________________________________

2. what you read is one:

A) a poem

B) a story

C) a fable

3. what did the farmer find inside the hen? __________________________________________________________________