Once there lived a greedy farmer in a village. One day he bought a goose from the market. Every morning the goose laid an egg of gold. He used to sell the golden egg in the market. He became rich overnight. By this time, the farmer became very greedy and impatient. He wanted to have all the eggs at a time. In order to satisfy his greed, he cut the belly of the goose but unfortunately there was no egg there. He became extremely disappointed and lost the valuable goose forever. Far from becoming rich, he became poorer. Through this incident, the farmer realized that overgreed brought misfortune for him.