In the story, The Golden Egg, a man has a hen that laid one golden egg a day. The man wanted more gold so he could be richer and came up with a plan to cut the hen open and get all of the eggs at one time. When the man cut the hen open, there were no golden eggs. The man then realized that he had killed the hen and will now not receive any more golden eggs. The main learned a little too late that greed can destroy the source of good.Based on the passage above, what type of traditional literature do you think this is?

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In the story, “The Golden Egg", a man has a hen that laid one golden egg a day. The man wanted more gold so he could be richer and came up with a plan to cut the hen open and get all of the eggs at one time. When the man cut the hen open, there were no golden eggs. The man then realized that he had killed the hen and will now not receive any more golden eggs. The main learned a little too late that greed can destroy the source of good.Based on the passage above, what type of traditional literature do you think this is?

A	Fable
B	Proverb
C	Myth
D	Tall Tale

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -He lost not only the golden eggs but also his only source of income, the hen also. His greed ruined him. Moral: Greed is a curse. Do not be greedy.

Detailed explanation-2: -In that story “a poor man had one hen who used to laid of one golden egg every morning and this made the poor man very rich person. But during drought, the rich man faced a problem to feed his family with their luxury. Finally the rich man decided to kill the hen and get all golden eggs out at a time.

Detailed explanation-3: -The plot centers on a man whose obsession over the fate of his missing lover from years ago drives him to confront her abductor and pay the ultimate sacrifice in order to know the truth. The book was adapted into a 1988 film which was later remade in an English-language version by the same director.

Detailed explanation-4: -The farmer killed the golden goose as he and his wife thought that many golden eggs were inside the goose. As they cut open the goose there were no golden eggs and the bird had died. This taught an important lesson to the farmer and his wife that greed is a bad thing and can result in loss.

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