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King Midas was the King of Macedonia, and he ruled over the Brigians. He was the first person to ever plant a rose garden. He spent most of his free time eating and listening to music. King Midas was a very rich man. He lived in a castle, and in one room of his castle he had it filled completely with gold pieces. King Midas had a daughter, and her name was Marigold. He loved his daughter a lot, but not as much as he loved gold. He thought gold was the best thing on the earth. When a fairy came before him he told him he could have one wish and King Midas wished for everything he touched to be turned into gold. At first King Midas was happy and excited about his decision as everything he touched turned to gold, but because of his golden touch he couldn’t eat, sleep and his daughter got turned into gold. He got rid of all of his golden items. The moral of King Midas’s story is that money cannot buy happiness.

King Midas’s power was that everything he touched turned into gold. A fairy gave him that power. Another power that King Midas had was the power to undo what he had turned to gold. To read the entire story click here: []        

People In King Midas’s life were: 1. The fairy who gave him the power to turn what he touched to gold. 2. His daughter who was turned to gold.  

There are a lot of different companies that derived from King Midas. There is a company called ESO- Midas and it is an astronomical company which has nothing to do with King Midas’s mythological story. These are the different companies that come from King Midas: 1. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">MIDAS- Manchester’s Investment Agency <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Midas- Car auto repair shop <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Midas- Live Audio mixing consoles <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Midas- Homemade Multifunction In-Dorm Automation system <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Midas- Building wealth in Massachusetts low income communities <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Midas- The Migraine disability test

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This is an investment company book that got its name from King Midas. They used the name Midas because they want to maximize their profits and King Midas wanted to maximize his profits. Most companies us the name Midas when they are companies that deal with money. The picture of this investment book is in the next passage.

King Midas was a very selfish man and I didn’t respect him at first but then I realized we all make mistakes. I still don’t understand how he could put money before his daughter, but he fixed it and taught him and the world a moral lesson. This story was passed down from generation to generation, and it taught them a valuable lesson as well. I would most definitely be King Midas’s friend because he had a lot of money.



This story is a huge moral lesson that can be read to all ages and everyone can learn from. Everyone can get a message out of the story of King Midas. The lesson to be learned from this story is to never put money before family. Although that was not the only message from the story; that was the one that stuck out the most to me.