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    Long ago in Greece, there was
    a very rich king called King Midas .
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    Ki11g Midas l0ved g9ld. He decorated ·
    his palace with gold. He ate off
    . plates of gold. He had b og~s. and ba gs
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    counting his gold.
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    T here was only one thing
    that the king loved more than
    rus gold, and that was his daughter,
    who was n(m1ed M arygold.
    ~1.arygolri loved her father,
    but she did not love his gold.

    Kl n J T\ ida s and M arygold liked to


    walk Ii he ya rden. One day, King ,

    \1.idt~s -,d ·':- only a1.l these flowers


    TPre ~old.'

    "1' . ,, l:..atb~~r' replied Morygold.


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    be nice," said the king. "I ,wish that
    everything I touched turned into gold."

    Ma rygold just laµghed at her father.


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    The next day, when King Midas


    was in his storeroom f OUnti_ng ..
    his gold, a stranger dressed

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    "Good morning, Your Majesty,"


    said the stranger. "I see you are
    counting your gold. You must be
    the richest man in the world.
    There is more gold in this room
    than in any other room on Earth!"
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    "I am very rich," replied the ki ng,
    "but I want to have even
    more gold."

    "I heard the wish you made,''


    said the str<'flger " I heard you want
    to tum hings into gold Just by
    touchlng them."

    "ThGt true," said K ng Midas,


    "I d1d make that w1s 1."

    " I can gr(]Jlt your wish,"


    srua the stranger. "I con
    give you the golden touch.''

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    T he king \va s very excited.


    «You mean tha t everything I touch 1s
    going to tum to gold?" he cn ed. I .. I
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    "Yes," said the stranger. ''Everything."

    "Then give me the golden touch,"


    demanded King Midas.

    The stranger looked at t he king sadly.


    "Kneel do\vn," he said. "I now q1ve I
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    you the golden touch. Cse it carefully,


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    the stranqer vanished.


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    King lvlidas rushed to t he door.
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    As soon a ~ ne toucnea the kc)'. 0

    it turned ro gc Id

    Ki r19 ~'11das rushed outside.


    He tou he. d trees H e touched
    the flowers. hr \\ e ~ into
    the air. Soon he \\ a. surrounded
    b) a glittering, den garde

    "It ~orks, it worksP' la ughed the king.


    "I ha ve the golden touch. \1' ·1nt1l
    .l\1arygold sees \Vhat I can do!"

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    The king went inside.
    He touched the table. It turned
    to gold. He touched his chair.
    It turned to gold.

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    "I'm thirsty," said the king.


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    "Pour me o gloss of water."
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    The servant poured the water,
    and ~ as King Midas took
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    the glass, the water turned to gold.
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    "I'm hungry," said the king.
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    me ~ e food ," h e ordered.

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    King Midas picked up som e bread.

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    It turned to gold. H e lifted his golden
    ..foI;k to his mouth, but as soon as th e
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    food touched his lips, it became hard
    and heavy.

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    King Midas put his head


    on his golden table and wept.
    "I'm so hungry!" he cried.
    "How am I going to eat?"

    Just then, Marygold ran in.


    "Wh9,t's wrong, Father?" she cried.

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    Marygold gave the king a hug. L
    Immediately, she turned into
    a golden statue.
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    "No!" cried King Midas. "NO! N O!
    NO! Not Marygold! How foolish
    I am. How stupid and greedy
    I am, too."

    Suddenly, a breeze blew into the room -


    and the stranger in gold-coloured
    clothes appeared.
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    "I gave you your wish, King Midas,"


    the stranger said. "Did the golden
    touch ma ke you happy?"
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    "No," cried the king. "I want
    ' everything to change bock to the way
    it was. Gold means nothing
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    to me now."
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    "I am glad to see t hat you are O King Midas ran to the fountain .
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    wiser man," said the stranger. "Maybe H e poured water on the flowers and
    I can help you ." the trees and the pebbles. H e poured
    water on the table and the chair,
    "Yes, help me, please," begged t he the plates and the food . Last of a ll,
    king. "Ta ke all the gold in m y he poured water over the statue of his
    kingdom. I want my daughter ba ck." da ughter.

    "I a m going to take back the golden


    touch, King Midas," said the stra nger.
    "T a ke some water from the founta in
    and pour it over the things you wish
    to change back to the way they were."

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    "What are you doing, Father?"
    cried Marygold, who didn't know
    she was a statue.

    King Midas never told Marygold a bout


    the golden touch. From that day on,
    he was a wiser king. He always
    stop·p ed to smell the roses and laugh
    with Marygold!

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