King Midas: A Tale of Wisdom
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Boudart, Jennifer
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2002
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I include this book because it helps complete a series containing fable books. In this development of the Midas legend, Midas is approached by a surprise visitor who offers him the gift of transforming whatever he touches into gold. This visitor is pictured as a grasshopper, and Midas and his beloved daughter Marygold are pictured as something like hedgehogs. The next morning Midas delightedly turns object after object into gold, even the roses loved by Marygold. She comes to him upset over a golden rose. When Midas tries to comfort her with a hug, she too is turned into gold. Midas encounters the same spirit and admits to having learned his lesson. He follows instructions to get water from the river and sprinkle it onto all that has been transformed, and these things then revert to their former state. Once Marygold is transformed back, Midas loses his preoccupation with counting his money and learns to enjoy the great outdoors. "A wise person knows that money or gold can't buy happiness and that simple things can be the best."
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Publications International, Inc.
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12403 (Access ID)