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Jan 2023
9m 36s

The Golden Touch of King Midas

KRISTIN
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In return for showing his friend kindness, the Greek deity, Dionysus, offers to grant one wish to King Midas. The King asks that everything he touches turn to gold. But isn’t it true when they say, be careful what you wish for?

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