King Midas was a greedy(贪婪的)man. He collected _______ and even counted it in his sleep, which he thought the happiest things to do in the world. King Midas had a daughter. She hoped to spend more time with her father _______ he was always busy with his collection of gold.

One day, a wise man came to see the King. The King _______ the man to pick some of his fruit and because of this the man was very pleased. He told the King that he could _______ for anything he wanted. Of course, the King wished for more gold. He asked the man for the _______ to turn the things he touched into gold. And the King’s wish _______. Sure enough, everything that the King touched did turn to gold. The trouble was, when the King got _______, he could not touch his food because it became gold, too. His daughter came to see him and he was _______ to touch her for fear that she changed to gold.

_______, the King ran to find the man and said that he was sorry for being so greedy. He asked the wise man to take the special ability away from him. The man told the King to have a bath in the river. The King did so and he became normal again. Immediately, the King ran to his daughter and hugged her. At that moment, he knew the real meaning of __________!