Italian–English parallel text

La gallina dalle uova d'oro

The Goose and the Golden Egg

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C’era una volta un contadino che possedeva l’oca più meravigliosa che si possa immaginare, poiché ogni giorno, quando andava a controllare il nido, l’oca aveva deposto un bellissimo uovo d’oro scintillante.

There was once a Countryman who possessed the most wonderful Goose you can imagine, for every day when he visited the nest, the Goose had laid a beautiful, glittering, golden egg.

Il contadino portava le uova al mercato e ben presto iniziò ad arricchirsi. Ma non passò molto tempo prima che si impazientisse con l’oca, perché gli dava solo un uovo d’oro al giorno. Non stava diventando ricco abbastanza in fretta.

The Countryman took the eggs to market and soon began to get rich. But it was not long before he grew impatient with the Goose because she gave him only a single golden egg a day. He was not getting rich fast enough.

Poi un giorno, dopo aver finito di contare i suoi soldi, gli venne l’idea che avrebbe potuto ottenere tutte le uova d’oro in una volta sola uccidendo l’oca e aprendola.

Then one day, after he had finished counting his money, the idea came to him that he could get all the golden eggs at once by killing the Goose and cutting it open.

Ma quando il fatto fu compiuto, non trovò nemmeno un uovo d’oro e la sua preziosa oca era morta.

But when the deed was done, not a single golden egg did he find, and his precious Goose was dead.

Chi ha molto vuole di più e così perde tutto ciò che ha.

Those who have plenty want more and so lose all they have.

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