King Midas and The Golden Touch
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- Midas was a king of great fortune who ruled the country of Phrygia, in AsiaMinor. He had everything a king could wish for. He lived in luxury in a greatcastle. He shared his life of abundance with his beautiful daughter. Eventhough he was very rich, Midas thought that his greatest happiness wasprovided by gold. His avarice was such that he used to spend his days countinghis golden coins! Occasionally he used to cover his body with gold objects, as ifhe wanted to bath in them. Money was his obsession.
- The next day, Midas, woke up eager to see if his wish would become true. He extended hisarm touching a small table that immediately turned into gold. Midas jumped withhappiness! He then touched a chair, the carpet, the door, his bathtub, a table and so he kepton running in his madness all over his palace until he got exhausted and happy at the sametime! He sat at the table to have breakfast and took a rose between his hands to smell itsfragrance. When he touched it, the rose became gold. I will have to absorb the fragrancewithout touching the roses, I suppose, he thought in disappointmen
- Without even thinking, he ate a grape but it also turned into gold! The same happened with aslice of bread and a glass of water. Suddenly, he started to sense fear. Tears filled his eyes andthat moment, his beloved daughter entered the room. When Midas hugged her, she turnedinto a golden statue! Despaired and fearful, he raised his arms and prayed to Dionyssus to takethis curse from him
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