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wanted to be happy he would go down into the dungeon. 

 Marygold went out to pick buttercups and dandelions. Midas 

 said Poh, if they were as golden as they look they would be 

 worth picking. Before Midas was so rich he had a garden 

 of roses he thought the roses were very pretty. He use to 

 go down in the dungeon and wish that the sun when it was 

 setting it was gold and could be squeezed into a golden cup. 

 One day a shadow fell upon his gold. He said in a surprise 

 that he locked the door tight. The stranger said, are you 

 satisfied. No said Midas, I wish that everything I touch 



would turn to gold. 



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The stranger promised King Midas that he should have 

 his wish. Tomorrow at sunrise you will have the Golden 

 Touch. When he woke the next morning he touched the 

 things around him and they remained the same he thought 

 that he was fooling him. After the sun came over the hills 

 he put his clothes on and they turned to a suit of gold. He 

 went out and touched all the roses and they became a thin 

 plate of gold and the worms in the heart became gold. 



He went back to the palace to get his breakfast. King 

 Midas ordered Marygold to be called, very soon he heard 

 her coming around the house crying bitterly when she 

 opened the door he said what is the matter, Marygold said 

 that all the beautiful roses are gold and have know fragrance. 

 Everything that he ate turned to gold. He thought that 

 if he ate it quick it wouldn't turn to gold. So he put a hot 

 potato into his mouth and it turned to gold and he danced 

 around the room. Marygold came in the room and said 

 what is the matter and when he put his lips to kiss her she 

 turned to a golden statue. 



