KING MIDAS AND HIS GOLDEN TOUCH

Once there was a king called Midas.He was very rich.Rich people are never satisfied.They want more and more.The more they have the more they want.The king was not satisfied.He thought,if he had the golden touch,he would be the happiest man.A wish god granted his wish promptly.That afternoon Midas was sitting near an apple tree in the palace orchard.A ripe apple fell from the tree in his front.He picked it up.It became gold.Midas realized that he had been gifted with the golden touch.He was over whelmed with joy.He entered the palace with an ecstasy of joy.His little daughter, Marigold came running to her father.Midas took her up in his arms with an intensity of glee.But alas!There was a statue of gold in his lap.The princess became all gold.The king was at his wit’s end.A terrible shock rent his heart.The princess was no more that Marigold.Now he needed Marigold and not gold.he was shedding bitter tears.Suddenly his face beamed up.He remembered the wish god.He prayed to him to take away the golden touch.The wish god heard the king”s prayer and lifted from him the golden touch.Midas felt profoundly grateful.He took the princess again into his lap.She became Marigold.Midas joys now knew bounds.He gre wiser and gave up his greed.