Greed Never Wins: Reading Passage “The Golden Eggs” for Class 1 

This Grade 1 reading comprehension worksheet retells the famous moral story The Golden Eggs. It helps children understand the dangers of greed through a short and engaging passage while improving their comprehension, moral reasoning, and vocabulary skills. 

Why Reading Comprehension Matters in Early Learning? 

1. It strengthens attention and understanding through short moral tales. 
2. It builds vocabulary and sentence comprehension. 
3. It encourages children to reflect on emotions and consequences. 
4. It develops patience and empathy through stories with clear morals. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

📖 Reading Passage – The Golden Eggs 
A farmer had a goose that laid one golden egg every day. He sold the eggs and became rich. But soon he grew greedy and wanted all the gold at once. One day, he killed the goose, hoping to find many eggs inside but found none. The farmer was very sad and learned that greed leads to loss.

🧠 Objective Questions – Multiple Choice 
Students answer simple questions about who the farmer was, what he did, and what the story teaches.

✏️ Subjective Questions – Short Answers 
Learners write short responses explaining why the farmer made a mistake and what they would do differently if they had such a goose.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Objective Questions: 
1. b) A farmer 
2. c) Golden egg 
3. a) To get all the gold 
4. b) No eggs 
5. b) Sad 
6. d) Greed leads to loss 

Subjective Questions: 
7. It laid a golden egg. 
8. Greed makes us lose what we have. 
9. He killed the goose to get all the gold. 
10. I would care for it and be patient. 

Help your child learn that patience and gratitude bring real happiness through this timeless moral story! 

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