The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs

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Aesop's Fables - 2. The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs

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Structure

The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs

Dramatic Cycles

  • ((killGoose,beRich),(killGoose,noEggs,beRich))

One the one hand, killing the goose may make the family very rich but on the other hand, they will loose the periodic income from the golden eggs.

  • ((killGoose,beRich),(killGoose,notInGold,beRich))

Killing the goose might make the couple richer or less rich.

Comments

This fable contains a "weak failure": the tasks succeeds but the intended goal fails. It's main dramatic cycle plays of the two different possible outcomes of an action.