Sham S.Misri
A goose with golden feathers lived in a pond. Near this pond lived a poor woman with her two daughters. They were poor and were leading a tough life. The goose found that the poor woman was passing a hard time with her daughters.
The goose thought, “If I give them one of my golden feathers everyday, the woman can sell them. She and her daughters can live in comfort with the money raised from it”. After thinking this, the goose flew to the poor woman’s house. On seeing the goose inside the house, the woman said,” Why have you come here? We have nothing to offer you”.
The goose replied, “I have not come to take anything, but I have something to give you. I will give my golden feathers one by one and you can sell them. With the money raised through it, you people can easily live in comfort”. After saying this, the goose shed one of her feathers and then flew away. This became a regular feature and from time to time, the goose came back and every time left another feather.
Like this, the woman and her daughters were happily leading their life by selling the feathers of the golden goose. Each golden feather got them enough money to keep them in comfort. But the woman became greedy to get all the feathers as soon as possible. One day, she said to her daughters, “Now, we will not trust this goose, possibly she may fly away and never come back. If this would happen, we will be poor again. We will take all of her feathers, when she will come the next time”.
The innocent daughters replied, “Mother, this will hurt the goose. We will not cause any pain to her”. But the mother was determined to catch hold the goose the very next time she comes. Next time, when the goose came, the mother caught her and pulled out all of her feathers. Now, the golden feathers of the goose changed into some strange feathers. The mother was shocked to see such feathers.
The Golden goose said, “Poor Mother, I wanted to help you, but you wanted to kill me instead. As per my wish, I used to give you the golden feather. Now, I think there is no need to help you. Now, my feathers are nothing more than chicken feathers for you. I am going from this place and will never come back”. The mother felt sorry and apologized for the mistake committed by her. The Golden goose said, “Never be greedy” and flew away.
The goose thought, “If I give them one of my golden feathers everyday, the woman can sell them. She and her daughters can live in comfort with the money raised from it”. After thinking this, the goose flew to the poor woman’s house. On seeing the goose inside the house, the woman said,” Why have you come here? We have nothing to offer you”.
The goose replied, “I have not come to take anything, but I have something to give you. I will give my golden feathers one by one and you can sell them. With the money raised through it, you people can easily live in comfort”. After saying this, the goose shed one of her feathers and then flew away. This became a regular feature and from time to time, the goose came back and every time left another feather.
Like this, the woman and her daughters were happily leading their life by selling the feathers of the golden goose. Each golden feather got them enough money to keep them in comfort. But the woman became greedy to get all the feathers as soon as possible. One day, she said to her daughters, “Now, we will not trust this goose, possibly she may fly away and never come back. If this would happen, we will be poor again. We will take all of her feathers, when she will come the next time”.
The innocent daughters replied, “Mother, this will hurt the goose. We will not cause any pain to her”. But the mother was determined to catch hold the goose the very next time she comes. Next time, when the goose came, the mother caught her and pulled out all of her feathers. Now, the golden feathers of the goose changed into some strange feathers. The mother was shocked to see such feathers.
The Golden goose said, “Poor Mother, I wanted to help you, but you wanted to kill me instead. As per my wish, I used to give you the golden feather. Now, I think there is no need to help you. Now, my feathers are nothing more than chicken feathers for you. I am going from this place and will never come back”. The mother felt sorry and apologized for the mistake committed by her. The Golden goose said, “Never be greedy” and flew away.
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