Agua

King Midas
King Midas was a very wealthy king. Collecting gold was his hobby, his joy and his life. One day as he sat counting hiswealth he saw an old man asleep under a tree. He saw that it was Silenus from the court of Dionysus, God of wine. Dionysus was grateful forthe care lavished on his old servant and told King Midas that he would grant any wish that he made. Midas asked that anything he touchedwould be turned to gold. Dionysus granted his wish but warned him about his greed. Midas was very happy. He touched a tree and it turnedto gold.
Midas began to feel very unhappy. He could not eat, sleep, drink or touch anything because everything turned to gold. He missedhis children dreadfully.
Finally Midas went back to find Dionysus and told him that he wanted to get rid of his golden touch. Dionysuslaughed when he saw the change in the king. Eventually he decided to take pity on him and told him to go and bath in the river Pactolus.King Midas went to the river. He was afraid to get into the water in case it turned to gold and killed him. He got a jug and washedhimself down. Little by little the gold washed away. King Midas was so relieved. He took jug after jug of water back to his palace to wash hischildren, his servants, his horse and the whole palace. He did not stop work until he had restored everything to its normal state.