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3. King Midas and the Golden touch

King Midas was a greedy and discontented man who loved gold more than anything else.

Once, he did a good deed for someone and a Greek god appeared before him, saying that he will be granted his heart’s desire for doing so.

Midas wished that everything he touched should turn into gold instantly.

The god granted his wish.

Midas was excited and went about touching random objects, turning them into gold.

After a while, he became hungry.

 However, when he touched his food, it turned to gold and he could not eat it.

He was starving and dismayed that he could not eat. Seeing him troubled, his loving daughter threw her arms around him to comfort him, and she, too, turned to gold.

Midas was horrified. He regretted asking for the golden touch and realized that he had been greedy and that gold was not the most precious thing in the world.

He cried and begged the god to take back his wish.

The god took pity on him and asked him to take a dip in the river by his palace, fill a pitcher with water from the river, and sprinkle it on all the things he wanted to change back.

He followed the instructions and changed his daughter back to normal. He was very happy to get his beloved daughter back and stopped being greedy from that moment on.