Greedy King Midas Story

King Midas had lots and lots of gold. The more gold he had the more he wanted. He even built a very big treasure house where he stored all the gold. King Midas used to spend almost half of the day

counting the gold. One day, as he was counting, as usual, a strange looking man appeared to him

and said he would grant him a wish. King Midas was delighted and said, "I would like everything I touch to turn to gold." 

The stranger asked him, "Oh king, Are you sure?" 

The king replied, "Yes, I'm absolutely sure" 

So the stranger said, "Ok, starting from tomorrow morning with the sun rays you will get the golden touch." 

The king thought he must have been dreaming, this couldn't be true.

But to his greatest surprise, the next day when he woke up, he touched the bed, his clothes, and everything turned into gold. He was very much happy that the wish wasn't a dream.

He looked out of the window and saw his daughter playing in the garden. He decided to give her a surprise and thought she would be happy. But before he went to the garden he decided to read a

book. Just immediately he touched the book, it turned into gold and he couldn't read it. Then he decided to have breakfast, as he sat to have the breakfast, the moment he touched the fruit and the

glass of water, they turned to gold. Soon, he was getting more and more hungry and he said to himself, "I can't eat and drink gold." Just about that time his daughter came running in, he gave her a welcoming hug and she turned into a gold statue. 

There were no more smiles left. The king bowed his head and started crying. The strange looking man who granted the wish came again and asked the king if he was happy with his golden touch. The king was ashamed, he told the strange man that he was the most miserable man. 

The stranger asked him another question,  "What would you rather have, your food and loving daughter or lumps of gold and her golden statue?" 

At this point, the king cried and asked for forgiveness.

He said, "I will give up all my gold. Please give me my daughter back because without her I have lost everything worth having.

"The stranger said to the king, "You have become wiser than before" and he reversed the spell. He got his daughter back in his arms and the king learned a lesson that he never forget for the rest of his life.

MORAL OF THE STORY : 

Always think very deeply before making choices, each choice you make has its own consequence so, make wise choices.

MESSAGES IN THE STORY :

1. Distorted values lead to tragedy.

2. Sometimes getting what you want may be a bigger tragedy than not getting what you want.

3. Unlike in soccer games where players can be substituted, the game of life allows no substitutions or replays. We may not get a second chance to reverse our tragedies, as the king did.

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