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VIII . A Golden Statue But Midas is so hungry , and he doesn’t know what to do . He makes a long , sad sound . Marygold can’t listen to it any more . What is wrong with her father ? She wants to help him . She runs to him and puts her arms around his knees . Midas bends down and kisses her head . He thinks , “ Her love is worth a thousand times more than the Golden Touch . ” “ My dear , dear Marygold ! ” he says . But Marygold does not answer . Oh , what has he done ? His lips touch her head , and she changes . Her sweet pink face turns yellow . Her tears are little drops of gold on her cheeks . Her brown curls turn yellow . Her soft little body gets hard in his arms . Little Marygold is not a living child any more . She is a gold statue . She still has the same look of love and worry on her face . Even the little dimple in her chin is there , in gold . It is the prettiest and the saddest thing in the world . Midas remembers his words : “ You are worth your weight in gold , my child . ” Now it is true . She is really gold . And now he understands . But it is too late . A warm heart that loves him is worth more than all the gold in the world . Midas cries and cries . He can’t look at her , and he can’t look away . When he looks away , he thinks , “ No , it is not true . ” Then he looks again . There she is , with a yellow tear on her yellow cheek . Her face is so sweet and so sad . It can almost make the gold soft again . But it doesn’t . “ I don’t want my gold ! ” cries Midas . “ Take it all ! Make me the poorest man in the world ! I only want a little pink colour in my child’s face again ! ” IX . The Stranger Comes Back Midas holds his head in his hands . Then he sees someone next to the door . It is the stranger from the treasure room ! Midas bends his head and does not speak . The stranger is still smiling . His yellow smile shines on the gold statue of Marygold and on all the other gold things . “ Well , friend Midas , ” says the stranger . “ How do you like the Golden Touch ? ” Midas shakes his head . “ I am very unhappy , ” he says . “ Unhappy ? ” says the stranger . “ Why ? I kept my promise . You have everything you wanted , don’t you ? ” “ Gold is not everything , ” says Midas . “ And I have lost the one thing I really love . ” “ Ah , so you have learned something since yesterday ? ” says the stranger . “ Let us see . Tell me , which is worth more ? The Golden Touch , or one cup of clear , cold water ? ”
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