The Golden Touch of King Midas

Fairy Tales with Granny MacDuff

Little Ears Media

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.4 • 788 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In return for showing his friend kindness, the Greek deity, Dionysus, offers to grant one wish to King Midas. The King asks that everything he touches turn to gold. But isn’t it true when they say, be careful what you wish for?

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0:00.0	Did you know Granny McDuff now has a Patreon?
0:04.2	You can get all episodes ad-free, games, puzzles, calendars, and more.
0:09.8	You can even get discounts off Granny merch.
0:12.8	Sign up now on Patreon.
0:14.6	Go to Granny Macduff-E-N-T-com for more information.
0:26.9	Good evening, children.
0:29.5	It's Granny MacDuff, ready with a story.
0:32.6	So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin. Once upon a time, there lived a king who ruled over the land of Phrygia.
0:45.5	It was a vast and rich land.
0:49.6	King Midas had everything a king could ever wish for,
0:53.1	a thriving kingdom and a beautiful daughter whom he
0:55.8	cherished dearly. But above all things, the king's greatest happiness was provided by gold.
1:05.3	He would spend his days counting his gold coins and his gold cups and his gold plates.
1:13.5	He even ordered his tailors to weave gold into everything he wore.
1:18.6	Every morning, when he would wake from his slumber, he would exclaim,
1:23.8	Gold, gold, gold!
1:27.0	And every night, before he shut his eyes, he would exclaim,
1:32.2	gold, gold, gold.
1:37.8	His daughter worried for him.
1:40.6	She was not at all enamoured by material things.
1:43.5	She preferred to spend her days outside,
1:47.0	tending to her rose garden. One day, Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and celebrations,
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