French–English parallel text
L’Oie et l’Œuf d’or
The Goose and the Golden Egg
Aesop
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Il était une fois un paysan qui avait la plus merveilleuse oie que vous puissiez imaginer. Chaque jour, quand il allait au nid, l’oie avait pondu un magnifique œuf d’or étincelant.
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.
Le paysan a apporté les œufs au marché et a bientôt commencé à devenir riche. Mais peu de temps après, il est devenu impatient avec l’oie, parce qu’elle ne lui donnait qu’un seul œuf d’or par jour. Il ne devenait pas riche assez vite.
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.
Puis un jour, après avoir fini de compter son argent, il a eu une idée. Il pouvait obtenir tous les œufs d’or en une seule fois en tuant l’oie et en l’ouvrant.
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.
Mais quand il l’a fait, il n’a pas trouvé un seul œuf d’or, et sa précieuse oie était morte.
But when he had done it, he didn’t find a single golden egg, and his precious goose was dead.
Les gens qui ont beaucoup veulent plus, et c’est ainsi qu’ils perdent tout ce qu’ils ont.
People who have plenty want more, and so they lose everything they have.
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