King Midas: The Golden Touch: Once there was a king called Midas / A Greedy King and His Wish (Story Writing)

The Golden Touch

Once upon a time, in a far-off land called Midas, there lived a king who had a beautiful daughter, whom he loved dearly. However, the king had a great desire for gold and had amassed a vast amount of it, but he was not content. His thirst for more gold could never be quenched. One day, while sitting in his storeroom, he was struck with the idea that he did not possess enough gold, and it was then that an angel suddenly appeared before him. The angel granted him a boon and asked him to wish for anything he desired, and the king asked for the power to change anything he touched into gold. The angel granted his wish, and the king was overjoyed.

Midas discovered that he could turn anything into gold by merely touching it, and he ran into his garden to try it out. He touched the flowers, and they turned into gold, and then he touched everything he could get his hands on. He was ecstatic with his newfound power. However, his happiness did not last long. As he sat down to dinner, he touched an egg and a cup, and they turned to gold. He then took a piece of bread and turned it into gold, and he became terrified of his golden touch.

When his daughter came to him and hugged him, she immediately turned into a golden statue. Midas was overcome with grief and anguish. He was willing to do anything to get his daughter back. Suddenly, the angel reappeared before him and asked him what was wrong. Midas begged the angel to take back his golden touch and return his daughter to him. The angel was delighted to hear this and granted his request, taking away his magical power. Things reverted to their original state, and the angel advised the king to be content with what he had. The angel then departed, leaving Midas with all that he had before his fateful wish.

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KING MIDAS AND GOLDEN TOUCH

Once upon a time there lived a king named Midas. The king was very greedy. He was extremely fond of gold. He had no want of anything. But he wanted more and more. He thought if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man.  One night Midas prayed, “O God, give me as much gold as you can. I like to be the owner of all the gold of the world.” At that time he heard a strange voice. The voice said, “ King Midas. You have wanted gold. Your prayer is granted. Whatever you touch from tomorrow will be turned into gold.” 

            The king could not really realize the demand of the reward. Next morning the King was sitting under an apple tree in his garden. Suddenly a ripe apple fell beside him. He picked it up. As he touched it, it turned into gold. He was astonished and delighted. He was thinking that he was then the mighty and affluent king in the world. He was the only one in the world. Then he went to the dinning table to take his breakfast. As soon as he touched his chair it turned into gold. When he touched the plate of bread and butter, it at once turned into gold. Then he touched the glass of water to drink; but it also turned into gold. Though he was hungry and thirsty, he could neither eat nor drink. Now he became very sad.

              Being disappointed, he sat on his bed. The bed at once turned into hard gold. The king could not sit on the bed. The king said to himself, “What shall I do with it?” thinking so, the King began to cry loudly. His daughter heard his crying. She came to the King hurriedly. When the king touched his daughter, she also turned into a gold statue. He lamented his fate. He did not want to lose his daughter. So he prayed to the God again and repented for his greed. He cried to God to give back life to his daughter and take away his power of touch. God then out of pity granted his prayer and gave his daughter back.  Thus he learnt an important lesson.

King Midas

Once upon a time, there was a king named Midas. He love gold more than anything in the world. Even he already had a lot of gold, he was never satisfied and always want more. He believed that if everything he touched turned into gold, he can be the happiest man on earth.

King Midas dreame about gold all the time and even pray to the god to grant him this power. One day, god answer his prayer. Midas was very happy and can wait to test his new power. when he walk in his apple garden, a red apple fell from a tree.

When he picked it up, it turned into gold instantly! He was overjoyed and run back to his palace, excited to show his new power. But when his little daughter run to hug him, something terrible happen. That moment he touch her, she turned into a statue of gold.

The king was heartbroken and realized his mistake. In his greed, he had lost something far more priceless than gold—his daughter. Full of sadness and regret, King Midas prayed to the god once more, begging them to take away the golden touch.

The kind god listen to his pray and removed the power. His daughter turned back to normal, and the king learned a valuable lesson: being greedy can take away the most important things in life.

King Midas and The Golden Touch Story

Once, there was a king named Midas who was very greedy. He loved gold and wished that everything he touched can turn into gold. The gods give this wish. At first, Midas was very happy. He turned many things into gold and thinking it was wonderful. But soon, he saw his mistake.

One day, King Midas try to eat, but his food turned into gold. He can not eat or drink anything and feel very sad and hungry. Later, his daughter come to him, and when he hugged her, she turned into a golden statue.

Midas was very upset. He asked the gods to take away his golden touch. He didn’t care about gold anymore; he only wanted his daughter back. The gods felt sorry for him and told him to wash his hands in the River Pactolus.

Midas did what they said. After washing his hands in the river, he went home and was happy to see his daughter alive again. The golden touch was gone, and Midas learned a lesson. He realized that true happiness doesn’t come from gold but from love and simple things in life.

From that day, Midas changed. He became kind and helped his people. He never wanted more gold again and was happy with what he had.

KING MIDAS AND GOLDEN TOUCH

Once upon a time there lived a king named Midas. The king was very greedy. He was extremely fond of gold. He had no want of anything. But he wanted more and more. He thought if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man.  One night Midas prayed, “O God, give me as much gold as you can. I like to be the owner of all the gold of the world.” At that time he heard a strange voice. The voice said, “ King Midas. You have wanted gold. Your prayer is granted. Whatever you touch from tomorrow will be turned into gold.” 

            The king could not really realize the demand of the reward. Next morning the King was sitting under an apple tree in his garden. Suddenly a ripe apple fell beside him. He picked it up. As he touched it, it turned into gold. He was astonished and delighted. He was thinking that he was then the mighty and affluent king in the world. He was the only one in the world. Then he went to the dinning table to take his breakfast. As soon as he touched his chair it turned into gold. When he touched the plate of bread and butter, it at once turned into gold. Then he touched the glass of water to drink; but it also turned into gold. Though he was hungry and thirsty, he could neither eat nor drink. Now he became very sad.

              Being disappointed, he sat on his bed. The bed at once turned into hard gold. The king could not sit on the bed. The king said to himself, “What shall I do with it?” thinking so, the King began to cry loudly. His daughter heard his crying. She came to the King hurriedly. When the king touched his daughter, she also turned into a gold statue. He lamented his fate. He did not want to lose his daughter. So he prayed to the God again and repented for his greed. He cried to God to give back life to his daughter and take away his power of touch. God then out of pity granted his prayer and gave his daughter back.  Thus he learnt an important lesson.

King Midas 

Long, long ago there lived a king in country named Midas. The king had a beautiful daughter. She was very dear to her him.

The king was very fond of gold. He gathered much gold but was not satisfied. The more he got the more he wanted. One day sitting in his store room he thought that the amount of his gold is not enough. All on a sudden an angel appeared before him. The angel said, “Ask for any boon and you will have it soon. Do you want more gold?”  Midas replied, “Give me a boon. Let me have the power to change a thing to gold by my touch.” so the angel gave him the power.

Midas was beside himself with joy. He found that his touches changed any thing into gold. He rushed into the garden. He touched the flowers and at once they turned into gold. Like a mad man he began to touch everything , As soon as he touched, it became gold. So his happiness knew no bounds.

 At last Midas came to take dinner. He took an egg and a cup in his hand. That turned to gold. Then he took a piece of bread and it became gold. So he became afraid of golden touch.

When his daughter came to him and threw her arm round her father, she was at once turned into a golden statue. Midas became wild with grief. He wanted to have his daughter back at the cost of anything. Suddenly the angel came before him. “What makes you weep? Midas.” Asked the angel.  “Take back your golden touch and give me back my daughter,” cried Midas.

The angel became happy hearing this and took away his magic power . The things changed again. The angel advised him to become what he had. The angel then went away. Midas got everything as before was.

  A Greedy King and His Wish

There was a king named Midas. He was very rich and loved his gold more than anything else. He had a large kingdom, a good wife and a lovely little daughter. But he was not happy because he was never content with the heap of gold he had. He wanted much more. One day, while he was counting his gold bars and coins, the only favourite pastime of him, he heard a voice.

"Midas," said the voice sweetly, "I have come from heaven. I can fulfil your wish. But it must be just one wish and no more.

"Oh lord!" said Midas with folded hands, may I turn everything to gold with my touch?" "So be it," said the voice. Next morning Midas overwhelmed with joy wanted to test his power. He touched the bed and it turned into shining gold at once. Midas, now happy beyond measure, turned all the furniture around him into gold with his touch. Then he sat down to have his breakfast. But at his touch everything turned into gold. He was afraid. He could not eat gold. How then was he going to live? Just then his little daughter came running to him. Midas hugged her dear daughter and then being horrified saw his daughter turn into gold. Midas in a desperate attempt shouted to her at the top of his voice and started shaking her like mad. But everything failed to bring her back to life. She was now no more than a golden statue. Midas started weeping bitterly as he never did before. The heavenly agent took pity on him at last. "Go down to the river," the voice said once more. "wash your hands in it. The golden touch will then go from you. Then fill a jar with the water of the river and sprinkle the water on your daughter," go saying the voice faded into silence. Midas somehow collected himself and ran to the river as fast as he could. On reaching there he washed his hands in the river-water. Then he carried water in a jar to the palace. He poured half the water of the jar on the golden statue of his daughter. The amazing thing happened again. The little girl became herself once again and started shaking off the water from her wet clothes. Midas then hugged her daughter with all the force of filial love he had in store for his daughter. He kissed her again and again promising secretly to himself that he would never value gold more than anything. He thus learnt a lesson which he never forgot throughout the rest of his life.

KING MIDAS AND GOLDEN TOUCH

Once upon a time there lived a king named Midas. The king was very greedy. He was extremely fond of gold. He had no want of anything. But he wanted more and more. He thought if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man.  One night Midas prayed, “O God, give me as much gold as you can. I like to be the owner of all the gold of the world.” At that time he heard a strange voice. The voice said, “ King Midas. You have wanted gold. Your prayer is granted. Whatever you touch from tomorrow will be turned into gold.” 

            The king could not really realize the demand of the reward. Next morning the King was sitting under an apple tree in his garden. Suddenly a ripe apple fell beside him. He picked it up. As he touched it, it turned into gold. He was astonished and delighted. He was thinking that he was then the mighty and affluent king in the world. He was the only one in the world. Then he went to the dinning table to take his breakfast. As soon as he touched his chair it turned into gold. When he touched the plate of bread and butter, it at once turned into gold. Then he touched the glass of water to drink; but it also turned into gold. Though he was hungry and thirsty, he could neither eat nor drink. Now he became very sad.

              Being disappointed, he sat on his bed. The bed at once turned into hard gold. The king could not sit on the bed. The king said to himself, “What shall I do with it?” thinking so, the King began to cry loudly. His daughter heard his crying. She came to the King hurriedly. When the king touched his daughter, she also turned into a gold statue. He lamented his fate. He did not want to lose his daughter. So he prayed to the God again and repented for his greed. He cried to God to give back life to his daughter and take away his power of touch. God then out of pity granted his prayer and gave his daughter back.  Thus he learnt an important lesson.

King Midas Completing Story

Once upon a time, there was a king named Midas. He love gold more than anything in the world. Even he already had a lot of gold, he was never satisfied and always want more. He believed that if everything he touched turned into gold, he can be the happiest man on earth.

King Midas dreame about gold all the time and even pray to the god to grant him this power. One day, god answer his prayer. Midas was very happy and can wait to test his new power. when he walk in his apple garden, a red apple fell from a tree.

When he picked it up, it turned into gold instantly! He was overjoyed and run back to his palace, excited to show his new power. But when his little daughter run to hug him, something terrible happen. That moment he touch her, she turned into a statue of gold.

The king was heartbroken and realized his mistake. In his greed, he had lost something far more priceless than gold—his daughter. Full of sadness and regret, King Midas prayed to the god once more, begging them to take away the golden touch.

The kind god listen to his pray and removed the power. His daughter turned back to normal, and the king learned a valuable lesson: being greedy can take away the most important things in life.

 A Greedy King and His Wish

Bangla Translation

রাজা মিডাস

একসময়, মিডাস নামে এক রাজা ছিলেন। তিনি পৃথিবীর যেকোনো কিছুর চেয়ে সোনাকে বেশি ভালোবাসেন। এমনকি তার কাছে ইতিমধ্যেই প্রচুর সোনা ছিল, তিনি কখনও সন্তুষ্ট ছিলেন না এবং সর্বদা আরও বেশি চান। তিনি বিশ্বাস করতেন যে যদি তিনি যা স্পর্শ করেন তা সোনায় পরিণত হয়, তবে তিনি পৃথিবীর সবচেয়ে সুখী মানুষ হতে পারবেন।

রাজা মিডাস সর্বদা সোনার স্বপ্ন দেখতেন এবং এমনকি দেবতার কাছে প্রার্থনা করতেন যে তিনি তাকে এই শক্তি দান করুন। একদিন, ঈশ্বর তার প্রার্থনার উত্তর দেবেন। মিডাস খুব খুশি হয়েছিলেন এবং তার নতুন শক্তি পরীক্ষা করার জন্য অপেক্ষা করতে পারেন। যখন তিনি তার আপেল বাগানে হাঁটছিলেন, তখন একটি গাছ থেকে একটি লাল আপেল পড়ে গেল।

যখন তিনি এটি তুলে নিলেন, তখন তা তাৎক্ষণিকভাবে সোনায় পরিণত হল! তিনি আনন্দিত হয়ে তার প্রাসাদে ফিরে গেলেন, তার নতুন শক্তি দেখানোর জন্য উত্তেজিত হয়ে। কিন্তু যখন তার ছোট মেয়ে তাকে জড়িয়ে ধরতে দৌড়ে গেল, তখন ভয়ানক কিছু ঘটে গেল। যে মুহূর্তে তিনি তাকে স্পর্শ করলেন, সে সোনার মূর্তিতে পরিণত হল।

রাজা হৃদয় ভেঙে পড়লেন এবং তার ভুল বুঝতে পারলেন। তার লোভে, তিনি সোনার চেয়েও অনেক মূল্যবান কিছু হারিয়েছিলেন - তার মেয়ে। দুঃখ ও অনুশোচনায় ভরা রাজা মিডাস আবারও দেবতার কাছে প্রার্থনা করলেন, সোনালী স্পর্শ কেড়ে নেওয়ার জন্য তাদের কাছে অনুরোধ করলেন।

দয়ালু দেবতা তার প্রার্থনা শুনলেন এবং শক্তি কেড়ে নিলেন। তার মেয়ে স্বাভাবিক অবস্থায় ফিরে এলো, এবং রাজা একটি মূল্যবান শিক্ষা লাভ করলেন: লোভী হওয়া জীবনের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ জিনিস কেড়ে নিতে পারে।