aesop's fables

"❁ the goose that laid golden eggs

there once was a man who owned a goose,
but it was no ordinary goose.
it laid golden eggs, but only one each day.
the man sold each egg as soon as it was laid,
and he maintained a steady income.

but as the years passed by and the eggs were sold, the man became greedy
and wanted more eggs.
so one day, after he fed the goose,
he thought up an idea.
if he killed the goose and cut it open,
he would get all of the eggs at once.

so once the evil deed was done,
he reached excitedly into the goose's sliced stomach
and found nothing but a handful of innards.

you may never realize what you truly have until it is gone.