The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
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The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs is a classic moral tale about greed and impatience, in which a farmer kills a miraculous goose that lays golden eggs and thereby loses his source of wealth.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aesop's fable
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fable ⓘ moral tale ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Aesop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
contentment
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greed ⓘ impatience ⓘ shortsightedness ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal | goose ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic literature
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folklore ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
animated films
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children's picture books ⓘ stage plays ⓘ television episodes ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle |
The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs
NERFINISHED
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The Goose with the Golden Eggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
farmer
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goose ⓘ |
| hasMoralLessonFor |
economics education
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environmental ethics ⓘ personal finance ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
miraculous animal
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self‑destruction through greed ⓘ unexpected wealth ⓘ |
| hasObject | golden egg ⓘ |
| hasStructure | simple linear narrative ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
children
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general audience ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAnthologizedIn |
children's story collections
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collections of fables ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Aesop's Fables NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| moral |
Be content with steady gains rather than seeking sudden riches.
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Greed can destroy the source of one's good fortune. ⓘ Impatience leads to loss. ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
oral tradition
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prose ⓘ |
| originCulture | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A farmer owns a goose that lays golden eggs and kills it hoping to get all the gold at once, but finds nothing inside and loses his wealth. ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the dangers of excessive desire
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unsustainable exploitation of resources ⓘ |
| teaches | consequences of killing the source of profit ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfOrigin | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| usedFor |
character education
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moral education ⓘ teaching about greed ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Aesop's Fables