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The Golden Touch Maggie M. A long time ago, there was the god of the vine, Bacchus. Bacchus, for being so hospitable, raised his glass and said “To King Midas for being so hospitable to me for a long time. Midas, what is your biggest wish?” King Midas replied “Anything?” and with that Bacchus said yes, Midas.” “I wish that everything that I touch would turn into gold.” His wish was granted, everything he touched turned to gold. The apples in his orchard, and the rocks on the road, literally everything was turned to gold. This soon became a problem to Midas for one day he became really hungry and could not eat, when the food touched his teeth it turned to gold. The he became thirsty but when the water touched his tongue it turned to gold too. One day he came up to his daughter and touched her on the shoulder, forgetting that everything he touched turned to gold. When his daughter turned to gold he pleaded to mighty Bacchus for his daughter to come back and for his “golden touch” to be worn away. Mighty Bacchus replied “You were a greedy and foolish man Midas.” And Midas continued to beg and plead for Bacchus to take back his granted wish. “Fine I will forgive, but only once will I forgive you.” And so everything that Midas had touched turned back to normal and the best thing that happened to Midas was his daughter turning back to normal.

__**The Golden Touch**__ __**By: Sydney Brown**__ King Midas was a very important person. He owned a huge house with maids and servants in it. King Midas was a friendly man and loved to give and receive love. Bacchus was one of the gods that adored this love and was very generous. "King Midas I will grant you any wish!" Bacchus exclaimed. "Any wish,?" the King replied feel joyful and happy. "Any wish! You name it and I'll do it!" "I would like to have the hands of gold. Anything I touch will turn to gold." King Midas said feeling very happy and excited. "As you wish." Bacchus exclaimed. The King was now smiling from ear to ear. He went out after there gathering and touch the first thing he saw, a twig on his apple tree. The twig instantly turned to gold. The King started laughing! "It works!" said King Midas. "Of course!" Bacchus shouted back before leaving. The day went on and King Midas went around touching items. The stones turned to gold. The sand on the beached changed to grains of gold. Delight, the King went back to his house.The King called his servants to bring food for him. He picked up a piece of meat with his fork. The fork turned to gold, along with the piece of steak. He laughed. Then he took a piece of bread. He bit into a gold nugget instead of the chewy bread. Now the King was not sure about this wonderful wish. The King started to cry. He cried tears of puddles and asked Bacchus to take back the horrible wish. Bacchus look at the King now on his knees. Bacchus put his hand on the shoulder of the pleading man. "How could you ever grant me a horrible wish like that?" the King asked. "You deserved it! You wanted to be rich but being rich is a big responsibility," Bacchus said. "Yes, but now all I want is to be normal," said the King "I will be nice and let you go this time, but you better watch what you wish for," said Bacchus. "Thank you, my lord." "All you have to do is wash yourself in the river and you'll become free from your wish." "Again, thank you. I will always remember what you said." And with that the King washed himself head to toe in the river and started touching things. They stayed the same. The King pranced around. He ate a huge dinner and fell asleep. In his dream he was a monkey trapped inside a cage. Then the monkey got freed and he lived happily ever after. The End.