Midas and the Golden Touch Emory Parsons

There was once a King Midas who did a good deed for Saytr. So,Dionysus, God of Wine,agreed to grant him a wish of his choosing. Midas wished for everything he touched to turn to gold. We, as the audience, can see why this might not be a good idea, but King Midas thought it was brillant. Even Dionysus tried to presuade him not to wish for this power, but Midas insisted and his wish was granted. King Midas began turning everything around him into gold with much excitement. But soon, he started to get hungry. He picked up a piece of food, but he couldn't eat it because it had turned into gold. This was when he realized that his wish was beginning to backfire. He was going to starve! Midas's beautiful daughter saw that he was upset, so she went to comfort him. However, as soons as she threw her arms around him, she turned into gold too! Midas claimed, " The golden touch is no blessing". He went to the river and wept. The sand of that river turned as yellow as "fool's gold" for it is there, they say, that King Midas washed away the curse of the golden touch with his own tears.