once upon a time a long time ago in ancient Greece there lived a king named Midas King Midas loved
three things more than anything else in the world his little daughter his rose garden and gold
nothing gave him more pleasure than seeing his little daughter picking roses in the garden
roses she placed in a golden vase to decorate the castle one night while strolling through his rose
garden the King stumbled over a satyr a satyr was a half-man half-goat this satyr looked half
starved and very ill King Midas brought the satyr into his castle he made sure the satyr was washed
and fed and tucked into bed for a good night's sleep when the satyr woke up the next morning his
fever was gone the King and the satyr had quite a nice chat over breakfast King Midas was surprised
to hear that the satyr belonged to the powerful god Dionysus the god of wine and truth
that very day the King personally took the satyr home in his very best cherry the satyr might only be a servant
but he was the servant of a god and deserved the very best treatment which is something that King
would have done anyway because the King had a very kind heart as it turned out the satyr was
more than a servant to Dionysus the satyr was his teacher and good friend Dionysus told the
king he would grant anyone wish that King made to thank him for taking such good care of his friend
the king did not wish anything for his daughter because he had given her everything she wanted
and a whole bunch more besides he did not wish anything for his rose garden because everyone knew
he grew the finest roses in all the world that left gold king midas wished that everything he
touched would turn to gold when the king arrived back at his castle he pulled out a chair to sit
down at his table the minute he touched it the chair turned to gold he touched the table he
touched a vase as soon as he touched them they turned to gold king midas raced through his castle
everything he touched turned to gold he was so happy he shouted to his servants to cook him a
feast in celebration so they cooked and cooked and served him a feast that's when the trouble started
everything looked and smelled so good that king midas reached out and grabbed a fistful of food
as soon as he touched the food it turned into gold he touched other food whatever he touched turned
to gold he tried leaning over and ripping a piece of meat with his teeth but that did not help the
meat turned to gold in his mouth the King's eyes filled with fear he knew if he could not eat he
would starve this was terrible the King did not know what to do King Midas wandered sadly out
to his rose garden his little dog was in the garden picking roses when she saw her father
she ran into his arms for a hug and turned to Gold to King Midas hung his head and cried as
his tears fell on his precious roses they turned to gold but the King did not care he did not care
about his roses or his gold or himself Dionysius hear my prayer the King banked take my wish back
please take my wish back and save my daughter one last time the Kings wish was granted his
daughter came back to life her king learned a lesson that day and he never became greedy again