Japanese–English parallel text

『ガチョウと黄金の卵』

The Goose and the Golden Egg

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むかし、あるところに一人の百姓がいた。彼は、だれもが想像できないほどすばらしいガチョウを飼っていた。毎日彼が巣を見に行くと、ガチョウは美しくきらめく黄金の卵を一つ産んでいたのだ。

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.

百姓はその卵を市場へ持っていき、やがて金持ちになり始めた。だが、まもなく彼はガチョウにしびれを切らした。ガチョウが1日にたった一つの黄金の卵しか産んでくれなかったからだ。金持ちになる速さが足りない、と彼は思った。

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.

そしてある日、金を数え終わったあと、彼はある考えを思いついた。ガチョウを殺して腹を切り開けば、すべての黄金の卵を一度に手に入れられるのではないか、ということだった。

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.

しかし、それをやってしまったあと、黄金の卵は一つも見つからなかった。そして、彼の大切なガチョウは死んでしまった。

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

たくさんの物を持っている人は、もっと欲しがり、そのために持っているものをすべて失ってしまうのだ。

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

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