Chapter 18: chapter 18

An old woman in a village one day went to the market to get a hen.She liked a hen in a shop and bought it home.This hen laid a 'silver egg'.The old woman thought that the hen would give moresilver eggs if it was fed more. Therefore, she startedover feeding the hen. As it was over fed the hen's stomach burst out and died.Poor old woman! She was denied of at least oneegg per day.Moral: One will be left with nothing if one is greedy.