Italian–English parallel text
L’oca e l’uovo d’oro
The Goose and the Golden Egg
Aesop
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C’era una volta un contadino che aveva l’oca più meravigliosa che si possa immaginare. Ogni giorno, quando andava al nido, l’oca aveva fatto un uovo d’oro bellissimo e brillante.
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.
Il contadino ha portato le uova al mercato e presto ha cominciato a diventare ricco. Ma dopo poco tempo è diventato impaziente con l’oca, perché gli dava soltanto un uovo d’oro al giorno. Non diventava ricco abbastanza in fretta.
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.
Poi un giorno, dopo che aveva finito di contare i suoi soldi, ha avuto un’idea. Poteva avere tutte le uova d’oro in una volta sola uccidendo l’oca e aprendola.
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.
Ma quando lo ha fatto, non ha trovato nemmeno un uovo d’oro, e la sua preziosa oca era morta.
But when he had done it, he didn’t find a single golden egg, and his precious goose was dead.
Le persone che hanno molto vogliono di più, e così perdono tutto quello che hanno.
People who have plenty want more, and so they lose everything they have.
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