By BlueJay
Once upon a time,
There lived a man and wife,
Who both were very poor,
And had been all their life.
Until they found a goose,
With feathers white and grey,
It lived on grass and corn,
And laid an egg each day.
They didn’t eat the eggs,
Instead each one was sold,
And do you know the reason why?
Those eggs were solid gold!
They soon became quite rich,
With fancy clothes to wear,
A regal house to live in,
Which made the neighbours stare.
And yet the man was greedy,
“One egg is way too slow,
I bet that goose is made of gold,
I want it in one go!”
And so he killed the bird,
“What a fool I’ve been,” he cried,
It was like any other goose,
Not a speck of gold inside!
So if you want too much,
And have a lot of greed,
You might lose what you’ve got,
The things you really need!!
(Written with help from her sister)
Good job Tessa. Let me know if you hear of any gold egg laying geese in Ohio.
I love this! It’s super wistful, and I can imagine it being sung in Hobbiton. 😉 Great job! Keep it up!
This is too hilarious— I love it!
And what’s even more hilarious, (and I’m not kidding) the minute I came to the part where the farmer killed the goose, two geese flew literally right past our house and up the valley, honking for all they were worth. 😛
Excellent job, Tessa! I love the tone of the poem, and the rhyming adds a lot to it. 🙂 Well done!
I love it, Tessa! It’s very well written. 😀 Great job!
I like it! A job well done, Tessa!
Good job turning the fable into a poem. The rhyming scheme is really great.
Nice poen
Great job! I really like the idea of making a fairy tale into a poem.
Wow! Thank you all so much.
@kate-flournoy Oh boy! Poor geese. They must have been reading through the window over your shoulder. 😀 I should have said that it was NOT a poem geese would like. hehe.
Ok @daeus I will keep my eyes open. *looks, no gold egg laying geese here, and no gold egg laying geese over there.* 🙁 It must have been the last of it’s kind.