There was once a king who was very greedy and wanted all of the gold in the world. He asked the Gods to give him the golden touch so everything he touched turned to gold. The Gods gave him this power and the King soon realized that it was not a good idea! For everything he touched including food, water, and even people, turned to gold. He asked the Gods to forgive him for being so greedy and to take this power away! What was the conflict of this story?

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There was once a king who was very greedy and wanted all of the gold in the world. He asked the Gods to give him the “golden touch” so everything he touched turned to gold. The Gods gave him this power and the King soon realized that it was not a good idea! For everything he touched including food, water, and even people, turned to gold. He asked the Gods to forgive him for being so greedy and to take this power away! What was the conflict of this story?

A	The Gods gave the king the golden touch
B	The king’s new power was not what he expected
C	The king was happy to have the golden touch
D	The king got rich!

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Midas, a Greek story and Roman legend, was the king of Phrygia, known for his greed and foolishness. For his kind deeds, Silenus Midas was granted a wish by Dionysus.

Detailed explanation-2: -The moral of King Midas’s story is that “one should never be greedy in life because the wish of being greedy does not give fruitful returns in the future.”

Detailed explanation-3: -There was once a king named Midas who did a good deed for a Satyr and was granted a wish by the God of wine, Dionysus. For his wish, Midas asked that whatever he touched would turn to gold. Although Dionysus tried to dissuade him, Midas insisted that the wish was an excellent one, and it was granted!

Detailed explanation-4: -Once upon a time in the kingdom of Mahanagar, there was a king named Ranjan Verma. He was very greedy. Once god asked him his wish, then he said that he wants to be a rich person. Then, god said now from whatever you will touch will turn into gold.

Detailed explanation-5: -He lived in a palace filled with beautiful things, but King Midas had one great weakness in his character. He was greedy for gold. He owned stacks of gold coins, a casket of gold jewellery and cupboards full of gold cups and plates.

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