The Goose with the Golden Eggs

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The Goose with the Golden Egg
Long time back in the heart of Midlands in Louie town, there lived a man, his wife and a goose that laid a golden egg everyday. The man and his wife had got this goose as a wedding gift and to their utter surprise, it turned out to be their fortune as it would lay a golden egg everyday and they would sell it and get a lot of money. They used this money to run their business and to pay their bills. That Monday morning, as their usual routine, they got up ready to go down to their business which was miles away from home.
Man: Honey, are you ready? Its time we went to the mill.
Wife: Oh yes, am coming, am getting the egg from the goose (shouted the wife from the backyard).
(In the mill)
Wife: Hey, how can I help you?
Customer: I would like five kilograms of flour and three kilograms of Rice please.
Wife: (measures the contents and hands them over to her customer). Here you go.
Customer: Thank you very much.
Wife: you’re welcome.
This routine went on and on for years but one day they felt they couldn’t continue with the business as they didn’t get much profit as they had expected.
One morning they woke up and the man changed his mind about going to the mill.
Man: I don’t think we are getting anywhere honey., its becoming too much and we are soon going to be having our kids and we wont even have enough money to fend for them.
Wife: I had been thinking of that the whole night too, I think we need to …