Plot Line for the Golden Touch – Flashcards

Once upon a time King Midas, king of Phrygia, was more fond of gold than anything in the world, other than his daughter Marygold. The king was obsessed with gold. He couldn't go without seeing or touching it.

One day when King Midas was admiring his gold he saw a stranger.

The stranger looked around the king's palace. He saw a lot of gold and asked, "What do you want in life?" The king said, "Gold! I wish everything I touched turned to gold!"

The next morning King Midas woke up and slightly moved his blanket off of him. All of a sudden his blanket turned gold.

After the king found out he had the golden touch, he touched everything he saw, even his food, and it turned solid gold.

Then the king was disappointed with himself, so his daughter went over and gave him a hug. Unfortunately she turned solid gold.

The king finally realized that he was very greedy. Luckily the stranger came back, and the king begged to have everything back to normal.

The stranger told King Midas to wash off everything with water from the river.

King Midas changed everything back to normal. After that the king wasn't so greedy for gold. He was just relieved to have his daughter, Marygold, back!