The Golden Touch

Hello , I’m wind , I’m eleven years old . I’m from Quanshi primary school . Today , I will tell you a story . The

totle is“ The Golden Touch ”

Long , long ago there lived in Greece a king whose

name was Midas . He was a greedy man and loved gold

better than anything else in the world .

One day he asked the gods to give him still more gold .

The gods decided to punish him and said :“Very well ; in the

morning everything that you touch will become gold .”

Midas was overjoyed when he heard this .“I shall be the

richest man in the world ,”he said to himself .

He got up early next morning . When he touched his bed , it turned to gold . He began to dress , and his clothes

became gold . Midas was delighted .

The king went to have his breakfast . He took a cup of milk , but it immediately turned to gold . Then he t

piece of bread , and that also changed into gold . Midas now

began to feel unhappy . It was good to be the richest man in the world , but he was hungry , and he could not eat or drink gold .

Midas went out into the garden again . His little daughter was there . When she saw her father , she ran up to

him . King Midas was very fond of his daughter and he kissed her tenderly . Then and there she turned into a golden

statue .

Midas was now very unhappy . He went into his palace . His eyes filled with tears , and he begged the gods to take

away the Golden Touch .

“ I was very foolish to love gold so much ,” he said .

“ Take all my gold and give me back my daughter .”

“Go ,” said the gods ,“ and wash your hands in the river near your garden , and the water will take away the Golden Touch .”

Midas went to the river and washed his hands . Then he ran quickly to the golden statue of his little girl . He kissed her again and she changed back into his pretty little

daughter .

Midas never forgot this lesson . He knew now that gold

did not bring happiness .