King Midas was so excited, he rushed over to a nearby rose bush. When he touched it, the flowers all turned to gold. King Midas touched the statues and fountains, and they turned to gold, too! He did the same thing with all the bushes and trees.

"I shall be the richest king in the whole world!" he said to himself in a greedy way.

After turning everything in his garden to gold, he began to feel hungry. He went into the castle and asked his servants to bring hime some food to eat. But when he lifted the mug of water to his lips for a drink , he found that it had turned to gold! As he reached for the food, the same thing happened. He could not drink or eat anything!