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The Golden Touch

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Fill in the missing words in the story:

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Many years ago there lived a named Midas. King Midas had one little , whose name was Marigold.

King Midas was very, very . One room of his great castle was almost filled with yellow gold pieces.�The King loved more than anything else in all the world. He even loved it better than his own little , Marigold. His one great �was �more and more .

One day while he was in his gold room� his money, a� fairy� stood before him. "Midas, you are the� man in the world," said the fairy. "There is no King who has so much gold as you." "That may be," said the King. "As you see, I have this room full of gold, but I want more; gold is the and the most wonderful thing in the world."

"Are you sure?" asked the fairy. "I am very ," answered the King.

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"If I should grant you one wish," said the fairy, "would you ask for more gold?"

"If I could have but one wish," said the King, "I would ask that everything I� should turn to beautiful yellow gold."

"Your wish shall be granted," said the fairy. "At sunrise to-morrow morning your� will turn everything into gold. But I warn you that your gift will not make you happy."

The next day King Midas� very early. He to see if the fairy's promise had come true. As soon as the sun he tried the gift by touching the bed lightly with his hand. The� turned to gold. He touched the chair and table. Upon the instant they were turned to .

The King was . He ran around the room, touching everything he could see. His magic gift turned all to shining, yellow gold.

The King soon felt� and went down to eat his breakfast. Now a strange thing happened. When he raised a glass of clear cold to drink, it became solid gold. Not a drop of water could pass his lips. The bread turned to gold under his fingers. The meat was hard, and yellow, and shiny.� All was gold, gold, gold.

His little daughter came running in from the garden. Of all living creatures she was the dearest to him.

He� her with his lips. At once the little girl was changed to a golden statue.

"O fairy," he begged, "take away this horrible golden gift! Take all my lands. Take all my gold. Take everything, only give me back my little daughter."

In a moment the beautiful fairy was standing before him.

"Do you still think that gold is the thing in the world?" asked the fairy.

"No! no!" cried the King. "I the very sight of it."

"Are you sure that you no longer wish the golden touch?" asked the fairy.

"I have learned my lesson," said the King. "I no longer think gold the greatest thing in the world."

"Very well," said the fairy, "take this pitcher to the spring in the garden and fill it with water. Then sprinkle those things which you have touched and turned to gold."

The King took the pitcher and rushed to the spring. Running back he first sprinkled the head of his dear little girl. Instantly she became his own darling Marigold again, and gave him a kiss.

Then he and his little daughter sat down to breakfast. How good the cold water tasted! How eagerly the hungry King ate the bread and butter, the meat, and all the good food!

The King hated his golden touch so much that he sprinkled even the chairs and the tables and everything else that the fairy's gift had turned to gold

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