About “The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs”
"The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs" is a fable attributed to Aesop, numbered 87 in the Perry Index. The story involves a goose that lays golden eggs, and it has several Eastern counterparts where the bird may be a hen or another animal. The tale is known for the idiom "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs," which describes the act of destroying a valuable resource through greed or short-sightedness. The fable serves as a cautionary tale about the consequences of overexploiting a beneficial situation. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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