Long long ago, there was a swan with golden feathers .She lived in a lake. A woman
lived in a small house near the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all
year round, but still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn't have enough money to buy food.
The swan was sad to see that. She said to herself, "I'll give one of my collections
to them each day, then
they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers. "That e vening, she flew to the poor woman's
house and left a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on, the swam came every day
and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much better than before.
But day after day,t he woman became greedy (贪婪). She said to her daughters . "The swan may fly away
one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all her feathers shen she comes next time." "Oh,
no, Mom!" cried the daughters, "This will hurt the swan. She helps us a lot! "But the mother wouldn't listen.
When the swan came as usual,t he mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden
feathers changed into
chicken feathers.
Then, the Golden Swan said, "Poor Mother, I came to help you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am
leaving and will never come back. Never be greedy!" With these words, the swan flew away.