Completing story : "A Greedy Farmer" and "The Consequences of Greed /King Midas"

Completing story

 A Greedy Farmer

Once there lived a poor man. He had a wonderful goose. It laid a golden egg everyday. Though the farmer was poor, he became rich by selling the eggs. But he wanted to be richer overnight. He wanted to get all the eggs lying in its stomach at a time and to be rich overnight by selling the eggs in the local market. As per his imagination and plan, the poor greedy farmer took a. sharp Knife and cut its stomach with it. But to his utter surprise, he found no egg inside the belly of the goose. On the other hand, the goose died. At this, the greedy farmer grew extremely disappointed and lost the valuable goose forever. In fact, far from becoming rich, he became poorer as he had been earlier. He then realized his blunder, but there was no way to get back the wonderful goose. The greedy farmer understood that only his excessive greed was responsible for his misfortune .

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The Consequences of Greed /King Midas

Once there was a king called Midas. He had a lot of wealth. But he was not satisfied. He wanted to get gold more and more. He was so fond of gold and ensure his lot he prayed to the god for golden touch. A kind god granted his prayer and he became so happy. One day while ne was sitting in the garden, an apple fell from the tree. He spared no time to it and instantly  the apple turned into gold. He became very glad and instantly ran into the palace. He embraced his loving daughter in joy but magically the girl also turned into gold. Whatever he touched, it turned into gold. These incidents frightened and saddened the king so much. Then he again prayed to the god to take away his golden touch. The kind god granted his wish. And with it everything became normal again. 

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