German–English parallel text
Die Gans und das goldene Ei
The Goose and the Golden Egg
Aesop
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Es war einmal ein Bauer, der die wunderbarste Gans hatte, die man sich vorstellen kann. Jeden Tag, wenn er zum Nest ging, hatte die Gans ein wunderschönes, glitzerndes, goldenes Ei gelegt.
Once there was a countryman who had the most wonderful goose you can imagine. Every day when he went to the nest, the goose had laid a beautiful, glittering, golden egg.
Der Bauer brachte die Eier zum Markt und wurde bald reich. Aber es dauerte nicht lange, da wurde er ungeduldig mit der Gans, weil sie ihm nur ein goldenes Ei am Tag schenkte. Er wurde nicht schnell genug reich.
The countryman took the eggs to market and soon began to get rich. But before long he grew impatient with the goose, because she gave him only one golden egg a day. He wasn’t getting rich fast enough.
Dann, eines Tages, nachdem er sein Geld fertig gezählt hatte, kam ihm eine Idee. Er konnte alle goldenen Eier auf einmal bekommen, indem er die Gans tötete und sie aufschnitt.
Then one day, after he had finished counting his money, he got an idea. He could get all the golden eggs at once by killing the goose and cutting her open.
Aber als er es getan hatte, fand er kein einziges goldenes Ei, und seine wertvolle Gans war tot.
But when he had done it, he didn’t find a single golden egg, and his precious goose was dead.
Menschen, die viel haben, wollen mehr, und so verlieren sie alles, was sie besitzen.
People who have plenty want more, and so they lose everything they have.
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