Page 18 - Essence - 2

4 4 GREED MAKES MAN
GREED MAKES MAN

BLIND AND FOOLISH
BLIND AND FOOLISH

“Earth
“Earth providesprovides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every

—Mahatma Gandhi
man's greed —Mahatma Gandhi
man's greed” ”
Children, have you ever seen a goose? You may have. Have you seen a goose

which lays golden eggs? Let us read the story ‘The Golden Egg’ and see what

happens in the house of a farmer who lived in a village:

In a village, a farmer had a goose that laid one golden egg every day. The

golden egg gave enough money for the farmer and his wife to support their

daily needs. The farmer and his wife continued to be happy for a long time.

But one day, the farmer
thought to himself, “Why

should we take just one egg

a day? Why can’t we take

them all at once and make

a lot of money?” The farmer

told his wife this idea, and

she foolishly agreed.

Then, the next day, as the

goose laid its golden egg,

the farmer was quick with

a sharp knife. He killed the

goose and cut its stomach

open in the hopes of finding all its golden eggs. But, as he cut open the

stomach, the only thing he found was blood.

16