Daffydowndilly and the Golden Touch

9781465664211

213 pages

Library of Alexandria

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Overview

There was once a king who was very rich. His name was Midas. King Midas loved gold better than anything else in the world. There was nothing he loved half so well except his little daughter, Marygold. He thought, foolish man, that the way to show this love, was to get for her as much gold as he could. Down deep under his castle, was a small, dark room. In this room King Midas kept his gold. Every day he went there to look at it. He was always careful to lock the door, so that no one could follow him. This room was a very dreary place. Only one little sunbeam ever thought of peeping into it. King Midas loved this little sunbeam, because his gold could not shine without it. He used to put his treasure right where the little ray would fall upon it. Then he would play with the pieces of gold, throwing them up and catching them again. He had a large bowl of solid gold. It was so bright that he could see himself in it. He would sit for hours and look at his face in this rich mirror. Sometimes the face seemed to be making fun of him. Then he would lay it aside. Next, he would bring out his bags of gold dust and let the dust run through his fingers, as a child plays with sand. He often said to himself: “Oh, I wish I had the whole world for my treasure-room, and full of gold all my own; then I could be happy.” One day while he was looking at his gold, he thought the sunbeam grew larger. It seemed to fill the whole room. The rays danced in the corners like fairies. King Midas looked up. There stood a beautiful young man near the door. His face was so bright that the king shaded his eyes with his hands as he looked.