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A 2-part Spanish story series

The Goose and the Gold Standard

La gansa y el patrón oro

  1. Part 1: A Depreciating Asset

    B2 Spanish · 4 min read · Free

    Every Sunday at seven, a goose lays a golden egg to a standing ovation from an audience of one. Then the radio announces that gold is worthless worldwide, and the most valuable bird in the Andes learns a devastating new word: depreciation.

  2. Part 2: A Chest Full of Sundays

    B2 Spanish · 5 min read

    Somewhere in the plaza of Aguadulce, a goose is trying to auction herself off with economics vocabulary she only half understands. Her farmer is racing down the mountain with a wooden chest he's kept locked for years — and its contents are about to shut a certain gold-toothed merchant up for good.