儿童英文故事10 Microsoft Office Word 文档.docx

The golden touchOnce upon a time there lived a king whose name was Midas. He loved gold better than anything else in the world.One day, Midas asked God to give him more gold. God decided to punish him and said, “Very well, from tomorrow everything that you touch will become gold.” Midas was very happy when he heard this, “I will be the richest man in the world.” He said to himself.The next morning, Midas got up very early. He touched his bed, and it became gold. He began to dress and his clothes became gold too. He was delighted.Midas loved flowers and kept a beautiful garden. He went into the garden to look at his flowers. The day was fine, the sun was bright and the roses were lovely. The king picked one of them, b ut it suddenly turned into gold. He picked another, and it changed into gold, too. He was sorry that the flowers changed to gold as soom as he touched them, for he liked their rich colours.The king went to have his breakfast. He picked up a cup of milk, but it turned to gold. He took a piece of bread, and that changed into gold, too. Midas was a little unhappy now, because he was hungry, and he could not eat or drink gold.Midas went out into the garden again. His little daughter was there. When she saw her father, she ran up to him. Midas was very fond of his daughter. He held her in his arms and kissed her. Suddenly the girl turned into a golden statue.Midas was very unhappy now. he went back to his palace.his eyes filled with tears and he begged God to take away his Golden Touch.“I was very foolish to love gold so much.” He said, “Take all my gold and give me back my daughter.”“ Go, “ said God, “ and wash your hands in the river near your garden and the water will take away the Golden Touch.”So ,Midas went to the river and washed his hands. Then he ran quickly to the golden statue of his little girl. He kissed her again and at that time she changed back to the lovely little princess.Midas never forgot this lesson. He realize now that gold could not b