We all know the story of
the greedy king named Midas. He had a lot of gold and the more he had the more
he wanted. He stored all the gold in his vaults and used to spend time every
day counting it.
One day while he was
counting a stranger came from nowhere and said he would grant him a wish. The
king was delighted and said, "I would like everything I touch to turn to
gold." The stranger asked the king, Are you sure?" The king replied,
"Yes." So the stranger said, "Starting tomorrow morning with the
sun rays you will get the golden touch." The king thought he must be
dreaming, this couldn't be true. But the next day when he woke up, he touched
the bed, his clothes, and everything turned to gold. He looked out of the
window and saw his daughter playing in the garden. He decided to give her a
surprise and thought she would be happy. But before he went to the garden he
decided to read a book. The moment he touched it, it turned into gold and he
couldn't read it. Then he sat to have breakfast and the moment he touched the
fruit and the glass of water, they turned to gold. He was getting hungry and he
said to himself, "I can't eat and drink gold." Just about that time
his daughter came running and he hugged her and she turned into a gold statue.
There were no more smiles left.
The king bowed his head
and started crying. The stranger who gave the wish came again and asked the
king if he was happy with his golden touch. The king said he was the most
miserable man. The stranger asked, "What would you rather have, your food
and loving daughter or lumps of gold and her golden statue?" The king
cried and asked for forgiveness. He said, "I will give up all my gold.
Please give me my daughter back because without her I have lost everything
worth having." The stranger said to the king, "You have become wiser
than before" and he reversed the spell.
He got his daughter back
in his arms and the king learned a lesson that he never forget for the rest of
his life.
Moral: Failure
is not the first step of victory, correction of mistake is the first step of
victory
