Tara

21 Frugality

1	A Poor farmer cried out to Luki: Oh God of Good Fortune,
2	Grant me this day reprieve from my ills,
3	For I have been a good and honorable servant.
4	In the morning the farmer came to the nest of his Goose,
5	Only to find it had laid a Golden Egg.
6	Overjoyed, he thanked Luki for his good fortune and went to the town and paid his debts.
7	Twenty eight days later, the farmer found another Golden Egg.
8	This time he seized the egg and took it to the local King.
9	Whereupon he gave the gold egg to the King saying: Your Majesty, a gift to you,
10	In exchange for your patronage. For I seek to purchase substantial lands.
11	The king replied: Fine sir, I give gratitude for your gift,
12	And indeed if such wealth was produced for ten cycles of the moon,
13	Then such lands you shall have. And I shall make you a Baron and then to your heirs and successors.
14	But caution to you, for upon such claim you be bound to fulfill, or your head is mine.
15	The farmer did then say: Your majesty, I need not ten cycles to fulfill,
16	As I shall return with haste.
17	Whereupon the farmer returned home and killed the goose, only to find nothing inside.