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warm and fuzzies. Tonight we'll read The Golden Goose from Catherine Piles

1918 Mother's Nursery Tales.

The Golden Goose was collected by the Brothers Grimm.

In this tale, The Golden Goose, a simple and sweet man named John, finds a goose with golden feathers,

and it turns his whole world on its head. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed. Now take a few deep breaths. There was once an honest laborer who had three sons. The two eldest

were stout clever lads, but as to the youngest one, John, he was a little better than a simpleton.

One day their mother wanted some wood from the forest and it was the eldest lad who was to go and get it for her.

It was a long way to the forest, so the mother filled a wallet with food for him.

There was a loaf of fine white bread, and a bit of cheese, and a leather bottle of good red wine as well.

The lad set off and walked along and walked along and after a while he came to the place where he was going and

there under a tree sat an old old man.

His clothes were gray, and his hair was gray,

and his face was gray.

So he was gray all over. Good day, said the man. Good day, said the lad. I am

hungry, said the gray man have you not a bite and sup that you can share with me

Food I have and drink too said said the lad, but it is for myself and not for you.

It would be a simple thing for me to carry it this far, just to give it to a beggar and he went on his way. But it was bad luck

the lad had that day. Scarcely had he begun chopping wood when the head of the axe flew off and cut

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