Throwback: The Golden Touch of King Midas

Stories Podcast: A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages

Stories Podcast / Wondery

Fiction, Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.2 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Today we're doing a throwback episode to one of our favorites from the early days of Stories Podcast. A King wishes for everything he touches to turn to gold. Adapted from the Hawthorne version of this classic Greek Myth. Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play games like Starsworn with all your Max Goodname friends, and Gigacity Guardians featuring the brilliant firefly! https://link.chtbl.com/gigacity Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to improve their skills or even adults learning English for the first time. Check it out.

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0:00.8	Hello! Welcome to Stories Podcast. I'm your host, Amanda Weldon. Today's story is a throwback episode.
0:09.6	Tune in to hear one of our classic stories from the archive that you might have missed the first time around.
0:15.5	We have Stories Podcast merch available at Storiespodcast.com slash shop. We're also on cameo for all of your personalized video message needs, and don't forget to
0:24.6	follow us on Instagram at Stories Podcast.
0:27.6	If you send us a drawing of your favorite scene or character, we'll share it on our feed.
0:32.4	Now here's a word from our sponsors.
0:36.2	Enjoy the episode.
0:38.4	The Golden Touch of King Midas.
0:41.7	Once upon a time, there was a very rich king whose name was Midas.
0:46.1	He was a powerful man, and he had but two loves in the world.
0:50.0	The first was gold.
0:51.9	The second was his daughter, who he named Mary Gold, after his favorite saying.
0:56.9	I love gold so much, I would marry Gold if I could. Mary Gold was a sweet girl, and King Midas loved her
1:04.3	dearly. But despite all her best efforts, she always came second to gold. She would come running to her
1:10.3	father, telling him of a beautiful sunset she wanted to share with him. She would come running to her father,
1:13.4	telling him of a beautiful sunset she wanted to share with him.
1:15.9	But when he came and saw the golden clouds,
1:17.3	all he said was,
1:19.7	Too bad they aren't real, gold.
1:22.3	We could scoop them into my treasure vaults.
1:24.9	When she came to him with her harp and played him a song of breathtaking beauty
1:27.0	that she had written just for him, all he said was...
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