"See these valuable golden eggs," said a man who owned a goose. "Surely a goose which can lay such eggs must have a gold mine inside her."
So he killed the goose and cut her open, but found that she was just like any other goose. Moreover, on examining the eggs that she had laid, he found they were just like any other eggs.
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