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- DAFFYDOWNDILLY AND THE GOLDEN TOUCH
-
-
-
-
- THE GOLDEN TOUCH.
-
-
-There was once a king who was very rich. His name was Midas. King Midas
-loved gold better than anything else in the world. There was nothing he
-loved half so well except his little daughter, Marygold. He thought,
-foolish man, that the way to show this love, was to get for her as much
-gold as he could.
-
-Down deep under his castle, was a small, dark room. In this room King
-Midas kept his gold. Every day he went there to look at it.
-
-He was always careful to lock the door, so that no one could follow him.
-This room was a very dreary place. Only one little sunbeam ever thought
-of peeping into it. King Midas loved this little sunbeam, because his
-gold could not shine without it.
-
-He used to put his treasure right where the little ray would fall upon
-it. Then he would play with the pieces of gold, throwing them up and
-catching them again. He had a large bowl of solid gold. It was so bright
-that he could see himself in it. He would sit for hours and look at his
-face in this rich mirror. Sometimes the face seemed to be making fun of
-him. Then he would lay it aside.
-
-Next, he would bring out his bags of gold dust and let the dust run
-through his fingers, as a child plays with sand. He often said to
-himself:
-
-“Oh, I wish I had the whole world for my treasure-room, and full of gold
-all my own; then I could be happy.”
-
-One day while he was looking at his gold, he thought the sunbeam grew
-larger. It seemed to fill the whole room. The rays danced in the corners
-like fairies. King Midas looked up. There stood a beautiful young man
-near the door. His face was so bright that the king shaded his eyes with
-his hands as he looked.
-
-“You are a very rich man, friend Midas. With all this gold you ought to
-be the happiest man in the world.”
-
-“Yes,” said Midas, “I have done very well; but it has taken almost a
-lifetime to get this. Now, if I could live a thousand years, I might get
-rich!”
-
-“Why, haven’t you enough yet?” asked the young man, opening his eyes
-very wide.
-
-“No,” said Midas.
-
-“Well,” said the stranger, “I should like to know what would satisfy
-you. Will you be kind enough to tell me?”
-
-The king thought for a time and then said:
-
-“If I could have my way, everything I touch would turn to gold.”
-
-“Are you quite sure this would satisfy you?” asked the young man.
-
-“Sure of it?” cried Midas. “Why shouldn’t it satisfy me?”
-
-“And are you sure you would never be sorry you made such a wish?” said
-the stranger.
-
-“How could I be sorry? I tell you I should be the happiest man in the
-world.”
-
-“Very well,” said the stranger, “to-morrow, at sunrise, you will have
-the Golden Touch.”
-
-[Illustration:
-
- “IN THIS ROOM KING MIDAS KEPT HIS GOLD”
-]
-
-When King Midas awoke the next morning a little sunbeam shone on his
-bed. He put out his hand and touched the coverlet. It was changed to
-gold. With a cry of joy he sprang from his bed.
-
-“Hurrah! I have the Golden Touch,” he cried.
-
-He ran about touching everything in the room. Of course they all turned
-to gold. Then he dressed himself and was delighted to find that his
-clothes had become beautiful garments of gold. He put on his spectacles,
-but could not see through them. Taking them off and rubbing them he saw
-that the glass had become plates of gold.
-
-As he went down stairs, he put his hand on the railing. It turned to
-gold.
-
-He opened the door and went into the garden. The roses were nodding in
-the fresh morning breeze; the air was filled with their sweet perfume.
-But King Midas did not care for this. What do you think he did? Why, he
-changed everyone of those roses into hard, shining gold. The dew drops
-became diamonds.
-
-Then he went back to the house. Breakfast was ready. Marygold had not
-yet come in, so he had her called. She always had bread and milk for her
-breakfast. She ate it out of a beautiful china bowl. This bowl had
-strange trees and houses painted upon it. While the father waited for
-her, he thought he would change her bowl to gold.
-
-“That will please her,” thought he.
-
-Just then he heard her coming. The door opened and she came in. She had
-her apron to her eyes and was crying as if her heart would break.
-
-“Why, what is the matter my dear child?” asked the king.
-
-“Oh, my beautiful roses! They are all ugly and yellow,” cried she. “When
-I try to smell them, their hard petals prick my nose.”
-
-“Well, dear, don’t cry about it. Sit down and eat your bread and milk.”
-
-They both sat down to the table. He thought she would forget about the
-roses, when she saw her golden bowl; but she was too sad to notice it.
-Perhaps it was best that she did not, for she had always been so fond of
-looking at the pictures upon it. These faded as soon as the bowl was
-changed to gold.
-
-His walk in the garden had given the king a good appetite. His breakfast
-of baked potatoes, fish, hot cakes and coffee looked very good indeed.
-
-“Well, this is nice,” he said, as he poured out a cup of coffee. He
-smiled when he saw the coffee pot turn to gold.
-
-“I shall soon have nothing but gold on my table,” thought he, and began
-to wonder where he could keep his treasure.
-
-He raised the cup of coffee to his lips. That, too, turned to gold. Of
-course he could not drink it. He set the cup down quickly. Marygold
-looked up and asked,
-
-“What is the matter, father?”
-
-“Nothing, child, nothing,” said the king.
-
-He thought he would try one of the fish. As soon as he touched it, it
-became hard and bright. Then he broke one of the cakes. It became yellow
-and heavy.
-
-“I don’t quite see how I am to get any breakfast,” thought the king.
-
-He looked at Marygold. She was quietly eating her bread and milk. How he
-longed to have just one bite! What good would all this gold do him, if
-he could not eat anything?
-
-The potatoes looked so tempting that he thought he would try again.
-
-“Perhaps I can swallow so quickly, that a potato will not have time to
-turn to gold,” thought he.
-
-Poor foolish Midas! He popped one into his mouth, but it changed as soon
-as he touched it. The hot gold burned him so that he jumped up and cried
-out with pain.
-
-“Why, what is the matter, dear father?” cried Marygold. “Have you burned
-yourself?”
-
-“Oh, my child,” said the king, “I don’t know what is to become of your
-poor father!”
-
-Marygold got down from her chair and ran to him. By this time Midas
-hated the very sight of gold. He felt that Marygold was all he had to
-love now. He took her in his arms and kissed her.
-
-Oh, unhappy Midas! Marygold, too, had become hard, shining gold. There
-were the tears still on her cheeks; they were little lumps of gold now.
-Everything was the same, even the pretty dimple in her chin.
-
-Poor Midas! His heart was almost broken. He threw himself upon the floor
-and tried to pray. The words would not come.
-
-All at once the room grew very bright. Midas raised his head. There
-stood the stranger who had given him the Golden Touch. His face was sad,
-yet Midas thought he saw a smile there, too, as he said:
-
-“Well, friend Midas, how do you like the Golden Touch?”
-
-“Hush!” cried the king. “I hate the very name of gold!”
-
-“Why, how is this?” asked the stranger. “Have you not enough yet?”
-
-“Enough!” cried the king. “Too much! I wish I might never see gold
-again. Gold is not everything. See,” said he, pointing to Marygold. “I
-would give all the gold in the world, just to see her smile again.”
-
-“You are sure you have had enough of the Golden Touch?” asked the
-stranger.
-
-Midas’ look showed that he thought the question a very foolish one.
-
-“Take a vase,” said the young man, “and go to the river that runs by
-your garden; jump head first into the river and fill the vase with the
-water; then put a few drops of it on anything you have changed to gold.
-It will become as it was before,” and the stranger was gone.
-
-You may be sure the king lost no time. He took a vase, and running to
-the river, jumped in. As soon as he touched the water his heart seemed
-to grow light. He was glad to see the vase become china again.
-
-He filled it and went quickly to the house. The first thing he did was
-to sprinkle a little water over Marygold. As soon as it touched her, her
-cheeks became pink and her blue eyes opened wide.
-
-“Why are you throwing water on me, father?” she cried. “You will soil my
-pretty dress.”
-
-The king said nothing. He did not want her to know how foolish he had
-been. He took her in his arms and kissed her many times.
-
-While she went to put on another dress, he took the vase into the garden
-and put a few drops of water on each flower. When Marygold came out she
-was delighted to see them bowing to her as if nothing had been wrong.
-
-The king did not stop until he had put water on everything he had turned
-to gold. Then he remembered that he was very hungry. Never had he eaten
-anything half so good as that breakfast. He was a happy man now.
-
-Two things were left to remind him of the Golden Touch. The sand in the
-river sparkled like gold, and Marygold’s hair, which had once been
-brown, now had a tinge of gold. As this made her more beautiful, Midas
-was not sorry. He used to say it was the only gold he cared for now.
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- LITTLE DAFFYDOWNDILLY.
-
-
-There was once a little boy whose name was Daffydowndilly. Isn’t that a
-pretty name? Well, Daffydowndilly was a very pretty little boy. He had
-bright blue eyes and his cheeks were like roses, while his hair made one
-think of spun gold.
-
-You think his name sounds like the name of a flower? So it does. That is
-why it was such a good name for this little boy. He looked like a bright
-flower. He often played in the meadows all day long. He liked to do only
-what was easy and pleasant.
-
-Daffydowndilly’s mother was very kind to him. Her sweet face always wore
-a smile for the little boy. Indeed, I do not think he knew what a frown
-was.
-
-But Daffydowndilly could not always play. Like all little boys, he was
-soon old enough to go to school, and then was sent away from his
-pleasant home to a school so many miles away, that he had to stay there
-all the time. The schoolmaster’s name was Mr. Toil.
-
-Daffydowndilly had never before seen a face like Mr. Toil’s. There were
-such deep lines in it. How he frowned on the lazy boys! How harsh his
-voice was when he spoke to them!
-
-Daffydowndilly had been at school but a week when he said to himself, “I
-don’t like to go to school. I’m afraid of Mr. Toil. I don’t like to
-work. I want to play. I’ll run away.”
-
-So the very next morning, Daffydowndilly ran away. He had some bread and
-cheese for his breakfast and a little money in his pocket.
-
-How glad he was to get away from school! He felt like a bird out of its
-cage.
-
-He had not gone far when he overtook a man who, also, was walking.
-
-“Good morning, my boy,” said the stranger. “Where are you going so
-early?”
-
-Now, Daffydowndilly had never told a falsehood in his life and would not
-tell one now. After looking at the stranger for a moment he said,
-
-“I am running away from school because I do not like the master. His
-name is Mr. Toil, and oh, he is so cross! I want to go where I shall
-never hear of him again.”
-
-[Illustration:
-
- “I AM RUNNING AWAY FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE THE MASTER,” HE
- SAID
-]
-
-“Oh, very well, my little friend,” said the stranger. “We will go
-together. I, too, know Mr. Toil, and should like to find a place where
-he has never been heard of.”
-
-This did not quite please Daffydowndilly. He would like a little boy for
-his companion much better. Then they could stop and gather flowers or
-chase butterflies. That would be so pleasant. But he thought,
-
-“This man will know better which way to go. He will take care of me and
-keep me from harm.”
-
-So he trudged along with the stranger. They had not gone far, when they
-came to a field where men were at work, cutting the tall grass. Then
-they spread it out in the sun to dry.
-
-Daffydowndilly was delighted with the sweet smell of the new-mown grass.
-The sun shown down on the field. The birds sang in the trees near by.
-
-“Oh, how beautiful!” cried he. “Let us stop and watch them. I wish I
-might stay here always. How much nicer it is here, than in that old
-school room.”
-
-Just then he saw something that made him start back and catch his
-companion’s hand.
-
-“Quick, quick!” cried he. “Let us run away or he will catch us!”
-
-“Who will catch us?” asked the stranger.
-
-“Mr. Toil, the old schoolmaster,” answered Daffydowndilly. “Don’t you
-see him in the field there?”
-
-He pointed to an old man who seemed to be the owner of the field. He had
-taken off his coat and was working in his shirt sleeves. He did not rest
-a moment. All the time he kept saying,
-
-“Make hay while the sun shines, my men.”
-
-Sure enough, he did look just like Mr. Toil. His voice, too, was the
-same, yet Mr. Toil must have been in the school room at that time.
-
-“Don’t be afraid,” said the stranger. “This is not Mr. Toil, the
-schoolmaster. It is one of his brothers. He is a farmer. People say he
-is worse than the schoolmaster. But he won’t trouble you, unless you go
-to work on his farm.”
-
-Daffydowndilly believed this, yet was glad to get away. By-and-by they
-saw some carpenters building a house. Daffydowndilly wanted to stop
-again. He loved to watch the men making doors and putting in windows.
-How neatly they did their work.
-
-It was a pretty sight to see the shavings roll from under the plane.
-They looked like ribbons.
-
-“How nice it would be to have a saw, a hammer, and a plane, and build a
-little house for myself,” thought he.
-
-While he was thinking what fine fun this would be, he saw something
-which made him cry out,
-
-“Make haste. Quick, quick! There he is again!”
-
-“Who?” asked the stranger.
-
-“Old Mr. Toil,” said Daffydowndilly. “There! Don’t you see him among the
-carpenters? That’s my old schoolmaster, as sure as I live!”
-
-The stranger looked where he pointed. He saw an old man with a
-carpenter’s rule in his hand. He was marking out the work to be done.
-All the time he was telling the men to work hard. And they sawed and
-hammered and planed as if for their lives.
-
-“Oh, no!” said the stranger, “this is not Mr. Toil, the schoolmaster. It
-is another brother of his. He is a carpenter.”
-
-“I’m very glad to hear it,” said Daffydowndilly. “But I’d like to get
-out of his way as soon as I can.”
-
-So on they went. Soon they heard the sound of a drum and fife.
-Daffydowndilly knew there must be soldiers coming.
-
-“Let us make haste,” said he, “I want to see the soldiers.”
-
-They walked as fast as they could, and soon met a company of soldiers.
-They were gayly dressed, with beautiful feathers in their caps and
-carried bright guns on their shoulders.
-
-In front marched two drummers and fifers. How they beat their drums and
-played their fifes! What lively music they made! Daffydowndilly thought
-he would like to follow them to the end of the world.
-
-“If I were a soldier,” he thought, “Mr. Toil would never dare to look me
-in the face.”
-
-“Quick step! Forward march!” shouted a gruff voice.
-
-Daffydowndilly started to run.
-
-“There he is again,” he cried. “I know his voice.”
-
-Daffydowndilly pointed to the captain. He was, indeed, the very image of
-Mr. Toil. To be sure he wore a cap and feather, and carried a sword
-instead of a stick. But Daffydowndilly was sure it was his old
-schoolmaster.
-
-“You are mistaken again, my little friend,” said the stranger. “This is
-not Mr. Toil, the schoolmaster, but another brother of his. He is a
-soldier and has been in the army all his life. You and I need not fear
-him.”
-
-“Well,” said Daffydowndilly, “I’m glad to hear it; but, if you please
-sir, I don’t want to see the soldiers any more.”
-
-On they went and, by-and-by, came to a house by the roadside. They could
-hear the sound of a fiddle within and, through the open doorway could
-see boys and girls dancing. They were having a merry time.
-Daffydowndilly thought he had never seen anything half so pretty.
-
-“Oh, let us stop here,” he said. “Mr. Toil would never dare show his
-face where there is music and dancing. We shall be safe enough here.”
-
-Just then he looked at the fiddler. Whom should he see again but old Mr.
-Toil. He had a violin bow instead of a stick, but looked exactly like
-the old schoolmaster.
-
-“Oh, dear me!” said Daffydowndilly, turning pale. “Is there nobody but
-Mr. Toil in the whole world! Who would have thought he could play a
-fiddle!”
-
-“This is not your old schoolmaster,” said the stranger. “This is another
-brother of his. He calls himself Mr. Pleasure, but his real name is
-Toil. Those who know him best, say he is worse than any of his
-brothers.”
-
-“Let us go a little farther,” said Daffydowndilly. “I don’t like the
-looks of this fiddler at all.”
-
-So they went on through shady lanes and pleasant villages. Everywhere
-the sky was blue, the sun shone, and the birds sang. But go where they
-would, there was the image of old Mr. Toil. Whether they stopped at a
-cottage or a mansion, it was all the same. Sometimes they found him in
-the parlor, very often in the kitchen. He was sure to be there
-somewhere.
-
-Daffydowndilly was very tired, and seeing some men lying in a shady
-place by the roadside, he cried,
-
-“Oh, let us sit down and rest. Mr. Toil will never come here. He hates
-to see people resting.”
-
-Just then he looked at one of the men. He seemed to be the laziest of
-all. Who should it be again, but the very image of old Mr. Toil.
-
-“There is a very large family of these Toils,” said the stranger. “This
-is another one of the schoolmaster’s brothers. He is a very idle fellow
-and does nothing but have, what he calls, a good time, but I think he
-has a harder time than any of the others.”
-
-Daffydowndilly began to cry.
-
-“Oh, take me back! Take me back!” said he. “If there is nothing but toil
-in the world, I may as well go back to the school house!”
-
-“Well, there it is,” said the stranger. And, sure enough, there it was.
-
-You see they had been going in a circle, instead of a straight line.
-
-“Come, we will go back to school together.”
-
-Something in the stranger’s voice made Daffydowndilly look at him.
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- <div class='line'>2721 Hiawatha and Henry W. Longfellow.</div>
- <div class='line'>2730 Twelve Little Indian Stories.</div>
- <div class='line'>2716 Bunny Boy.</div>
- <div class='line'>2731 The Jenny Wren Book.</div>
- <div class='line'>2704 Bob the Cat.</div>
- <div class='line'>2723 Whitter and His Snow-Bound.</div>
- <div class='line'>2732 The Bluebird Book.</div>
- <div class='line'>2717 Thanksgiving Stories.</div>
- <div class='line'>2733 Four Favorite Stories.</div>
- <div class='line'>2705 The Story of Two Little Rabbits.</div>
- <div class='line'>2724 The Three Misses Cottontail and King Rabbit.</div>
- <div class='line'>2734 My Shadow, and Other Poems.</div>
- <div class='line'>2718 Modern Fables.</div>
- <div class='line'>2735 My Treasures, and Other Poems.</div>
- <div class='line'>2706 Famous Poems of Famous Poets—First and Second Grades.</div>
- <div class='line'>2819 Squirrel and Other Animal Stories.</div>
- </div>
- </div>
-</div>
-
-<p class='c007'><b>Second and Third Grades</b></p>
-<div class='lg-container-l c000'>
- <div class='linegroup'>
- <div class='group'>
- <div class='line'>No.</div>
- <div class='line'>2736 Three Popular Stories.</div>
- <div class='line'>2714 The Story of Joseph.</div>
- <div class='line'>2807 Beauty and the Beast and Other Favorite Fairy Tales.</div>
- <div class='line'>2702 Susan Cottontail Stories.</div>
- <div class='line'>2802 Cinderella and Other Favorite Fairy Tales.</div>
- <div class='line'>2715 Robinson Crusoe.</div>
- <div class='line'>2738 Stories from Grimm.</div>
- <div class='line'>2729 Sixteen Little Indian Stories.</div>
- <div class='line'>2809 The Coming of the Christ-Child.</div>
- <div class='line'>2709 Our Three Little Sisters and Hiawatha.</div>
- <div class='line'>2803 Christmas Stories.</div>
- <div class='line'>2722 Pussy Willow and other Tree Stories.</div>
- <div class='line'>2740 The Story of Peter Rabbit.</div>
- <div class='line'>2710 Stories About Animals.</div>
- <div class='line'>2810 The Little Story Reader.</div>
- <div class='line'>2711 Mr. and Mrs. Stout of Beaver Dam and How Jackrabbit Lost His Tail.</div>
- <div class='line'>2823 Stories About Birds.</div>
- <div class='line'>2712 The Tale of Bunny Cottontail—Abridged.</div>
- <div class='line'>2825 Who Stole the Bird’s Nest, and Other Poems.</div>
- <div class='line'>2824 Famous Poems of Famous Poets—For Third Grade.</div>
- <div class='line'>2826 The Robin Redbreast Book.</div>
- <div class='line'>2812 The Toyland of Santa Claus.</div>
- <div class='line'>2827 The Chickadee Book.</div>
- <div class='line'>2828 Brownie’s Ride and Brownie and the Cook.</div>
- <div class='line'>2829 Escape at Bedtime, and Other Poems.</div>
- <div class='line'>2830 My Ship and I, and Other Poems.</div>
- </div>
- </div>
-</div>
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- <div><span class='c005'>Daffydowndilly and the</span></div>
- <div><span class='c005'>Golden Touch</span></div>
- <div class='c002'><span class='small'>ADAPTED BY</span></div>
- <div><span class='c008'>ALPHA BANTA BENSON</span></div>
- <div class='c002'><span class='small'>ILLUSTRATED BY</span></div>
- <div><span class='c008'>JAMES HARVEY DULIN</span></div>
- <div class='c002'>1923</div>
- <div><em class='gesperrt'><span class='c010'>A. FLANAGAN COMPANY</span></em></div>
- <div><em class='gesperrt'>CHICAGO</em></div>
- </div>
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- <div><span class='under'>COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY</span></div>
- <div class='c002'>Printed in the United States of America</div>
- </div>
-</div>
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-<div class='nf-center c009'>
- <div><span class='under'>DAFFYDOWNDILLY AND THE GOLDEN TOUCH</span></div>
- </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class='chapter'>
- <h2 class='c011'>THE GOLDEN TOUCH.</h2>
-</div>
-<p class='c012'>There was once a king who was very
-rich. His name was Midas. King
-Midas loved gold better than anything
-else in the world. There was nothing
-he loved half so well except his little
-daughter, Marygold. He thought, foolish
-man, that the way to show this
-love, was to get for her as much gold
-as he could.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Down deep under his castle, was a
-small, dark room. In this room King
-Midas kept his gold. Every day he
-went there to look at it.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He was always careful to lock the
-door, so that no one could follow him.
-This room was a very dreary place.
-Only one little sunbeam ever thought
-of peeping into it. King Midas loved
-this little sunbeam, because his gold
-could not shine without it.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He used to put his treasure right
-where the little ray would fall upon it.
-Then he would play with the pieces of
-gold, throwing them up and catching
-them again. He had a large bowl of
-solid gold. It was so bright that he
-could see himself in it. He would sit
-for hours and look at his face in this
-rich mirror. Sometimes the face seemed
-to be making fun of him. Then he
-would lay it aside.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Next, he would bring out his bags
-of gold dust and let the dust run
-through his fingers, as a child plays
-with sand. He often said to himself:</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, I wish I had the whole world
-for my treasure-room, and full of gold
-all my own; then I could be happy.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>One day while he was looking at his
-gold, he thought the sunbeam grew
-larger. It seemed to fill the whole
-room. The rays danced in the corners
-like fairies. King Midas looked up.
-There stood a beautiful young man
-near the door. His face was so bright
-that the king shaded his eyes with his
-hands as he looked.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“You are a very rich man, friend
-Midas. With all this gold you ought
-to be the happiest man in the world.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Yes,” said Midas, “I have done
-very well; but it has taken almost a
-lifetime to get this. Now, if I could
-live a thousand years, I might get rich!”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Why, haven’t you enough yet?”
-asked the young man, opening his eyes
-very wide.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“No,” said Midas.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Well,” said the stranger, “I should
-like to know what would satisfy you.
-Will you be kind enough to tell me?”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>The king thought for a time and
-then said:</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“If I could have my way, everything
-I touch would turn to gold.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Are you quite sure this would
-satisfy you?” asked the young man.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Sure of it?” cried Midas. “Why
-shouldn’t it satisfy me?”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“And are you sure you would never
-be sorry you made such a wish?” said
-the stranger.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“How could I be sorry? I tell you I
-should be the happiest man in the world.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Very well,” said the stranger, “to-morrow,
-at sunrise, you will have the
-Golden Touch.”</p>
-
-<div class='figcenter id001'>
-<img src='images/i007.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' />
-<div class='ic002'>
-<p><span class='small'>“IN THIS ROOM KING MIDAS KEPT HIS GOLD”</span></p>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<p class='c013'>When King Midas awoke the next
-morning a little sunbeam shone on his
-bed. He put out his hand and touched
-the coverlet. It was changed to gold.
-With a cry of joy he sprang from his
-bed.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Hurrah! I have the Golden Touch,”
-he cried.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He ran about touching everything in
-the room. Of course they all turned
-to gold. Then he dressed himself and
-was delighted to find that his clothes
-had become beautiful garments of gold.
-He put on his spectacles, but could not
-see through them. Taking them off
-and rubbing them he saw that the glass
-had become plates of gold.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>As he went down stairs, he put his
-hand on the railing. It turned to gold.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He opened the door and went into
-the garden. The roses were nodding
-in the fresh morning breeze; the air
-was filled with their sweet perfume.
-But King Midas did not care for this.
-What do you think he did? Why, he
-changed everyone of those roses into
-hard, shining gold. The dew drops
-became diamonds.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Then he went back to the house.
-Breakfast was ready. Marygold had
-not yet come in, so he had her called.
-She always had bread and milk for her
-breakfast. She ate it out of a beautiful
-china bowl. This bowl had strange
-trees and houses painted upon it. While
-the father waited for her, he thought
-he would change her bowl to gold.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“That will please her,” thought he.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Just then he heard her coming. The
-door opened and she came in. She had
-her apron to her eyes and was crying
-as if her heart would break.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Why, what is the matter my dear
-child?” asked the king.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, my beautiful roses! They are
-all ugly and yellow,” cried she. “When
-I try to smell them, their hard petals
-prick my nose.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Well, dear, don’t cry about it. Sit
-down and eat your bread and milk.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>They both sat down to the table. He
-thought she would forget about the
-roses, when she saw her golden bowl;
-but she was too sad to notice it. Perhaps
-it was best that she did not, for
-she had always been so fond of looking
-at the pictures upon it. These faded
-as soon as the bowl was changed to
-gold.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>His walk in the garden had given
-the king a good appetite. His breakfast
-of baked potatoes, fish, hot cakes
-and coffee looked very good indeed.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Well, this is nice,” he said, as he
-poured out a cup of coffee. He smiled
-when he saw the coffee pot turn to gold.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“I shall soon have nothing but gold
-on my table,” thought he, and began to
-wonder where he could keep his
-treasure.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He raised the cup of coffee to his
-lips. That, too, turned to gold. Of
-course he could not drink it. He set
-the cup down quickly. Marygold looked
-up and asked,</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“What is the matter, father?”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Nothing, child, nothing,” said the
-king.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He thought he would try one of the
-fish. As soon as he touched it, it became
-hard and bright. Then he broke
-one of the cakes. It became yellow
-and heavy.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“I don’t quite see how I am to get
-any breakfast,” thought the king.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He looked at Marygold. She was
-quietly eating her bread and milk. How
-he longed to have just one bite! What
-good would all this gold do him, if he
-could not eat anything?</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>The potatoes looked so tempting that
-he thought he would try again.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Perhaps I can swallow so quickly,
-that a potato will not have time to
-turn to gold,” thought he.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Poor foolish Midas! He popped one
-into his mouth, but it changed as soon
-as he touched it. The hot gold burned
-him so that he jumped up and cried
-out with pain.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Why, what is the matter, dear
-father?” cried Marygold. “Have you
-burned yourself?”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, my child,” said the king, “I
-don’t know what is to become of your
-poor father!”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Marygold got down from her chair
-and ran to him. By this time Midas
-hated the very sight of gold. He felt
-that Marygold was all he had to love
-now. He took her in his arms and
-kissed her.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Oh, unhappy Midas! Marygold, too,
-had become hard, shining gold. There
-were the tears still on her cheeks;
-they were little lumps of gold now.
-Everything was the same, even the
-pretty dimple in her chin.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Poor Midas! His heart was almost
-broken. He threw himself upon the
-floor and tried to pray. The words
-would not come.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>All at once the room grew very
-bright. Midas raised his head. There
-stood the stranger who had given him
-the Golden Touch. His face was sad,
-yet Midas thought he saw a smile there,
-too, as he said:</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Well, friend Midas, how do you like
-the Golden Touch?”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Hush!” cried the king. “I hate the
-very name of gold!”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Why, how is this?” asked the
-stranger. “Have you not enough yet?”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Enough!” cried the king. “Too
-much! I wish I might never see gold
-again. Gold is not everything. See,”
-said he, pointing to Marygold. “I
-would give all the gold in the world,
-just to see her smile again.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“You are sure you have had enough
-of the Golden Touch?” asked the
-stranger.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Midas’ look showed that he thought
-the question a very foolish one.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Take a vase,” said the young man,
-“and go to the river that runs by your
-garden; jump head first into the river
-and fill the vase with the water; then
-put a few drops of it on anything you
-have changed to gold. It will become
-as it was before,” and the stranger was
-gone.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>You may be sure the king lost no
-time. He took a vase, and running to
-the river, jumped in. As soon as he
-touched the water his heart seemed to
-grow light. He was glad to see the
-vase become china again.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He filled it and went quickly to the
-house. The first thing he did was to
-sprinkle a little water over Marygold.
-As soon as it touched her, her cheeks
-became pink and her blue eyes opened
-wide.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Why are you throwing water on
-me, father?” she cried. “You will soil
-my pretty dress.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>The king said nothing. He did not
-want her to know how foolish he had
-been. He took her in his arms and
-kissed her many times.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>While she went to put on another
-dress, he took the vase into the garden
-and put a few drops of water on each
-flower. When Marygold came out she
-was delighted to see them bowing to
-her as if nothing had been wrong.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>The king did not stop until he had
-put water on everything he had turned
-to gold. Then he remembered that he
-was very hungry. Never had he eaten
-anything half so good as that breakfast.
-He was a happy man now.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Two things were left to remind him
-of the Golden Touch. The sand in the
-river sparkled like gold, and Marygold’s
-hair, which had once been brown, now
-had a tinge of gold. As this made her
-more beautiful, Midas was not sorry.
-He used to say it was the only gold he
-cared for now.</p>
-<div class='pbb'>
- <hr class='pb c009' />
-</div>
-<div class='chapter'>
- <h2 class='c011'>LITTLE DAFFYDOWNDILLY.</h2>
-</div>
-<p class='c012'>There was once a little boy whose
-name was Daffydowndilly. Isn’t that a
-pretty name? Well, Daffydowndilly
-was a very pretty little boy. He had
-bright blue eyes and his cheeks were
-like roses, while his hair made one
-think of spun gold.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>You think his name sounds like the
-name of a flower? So it does. That
-is why it was such a good name for
-this little boy. He looked like a bright
-flower. He often played in the meadows
-all day long. He liked to do only
-what was easy and pleasant.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Daffydowndilly’s mother was very
-kind to him. Her sweet face always
-wore a smile for the little boy. Indeed,
-I do not think he knew what a frown
-was.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>But Daffydowndilly could not always
-play. Like all little boys, he was soon
-old enough to go to school, and then
-was sent away from his pleasant home
-to a school so many miles away, that
-he had to stay there all the time. The
-schoolmaster’s name was Mr. Toil.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Daffydowndilly had never before seen
-a face like Mr. Toil’s. There were such
-deep lines in it. How he frowned on
-the lazy boys! How harsh his voice
-was when he spoke to them!</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Daffydowndilly had been at school
-but a week when he said to himself, “I
-don’t like to go to school. I’m afraid
-of Mr. Toil. I don’t like to work. I
-want to play. I’ll run away.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>So the very next morning, Daffydowndilly
-ran away. He had some
-bread and cheese for his breakfast and
-a little money in his pocket.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>How glad he was to get away from
-school! He felt like a bird out of its cage.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He had not gone far when he overtook
-a man who, also, was walking.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Good morning, my boy,” said the
-stranger. “Where are you going so
-early?”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Now, Daffydowndilly had never told
-a falsehood in his life and would not
-tell one now. After looking at the
-stranger for a moment he said,</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“I am running away from school because
-I do not like the master. His
-name is Mr. Toil, and oh, he is so cross!
-I want to go where I shall never hear of
-him again.”</p>
-
-<div class='figcenter id001'>
-<img src='images/i021.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' />
-<div class='ic002'>
-<p><span class='small'>“I AM RUNNING AWAY FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE THE MASTER,” HE SAID</span></p>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, very well, my little friend,” said
-the stranger. “We will go together. I,
-too, know Mr. Toil, and should like to
-find a place where he has never been
-heard of.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>This did not quite please Daffydowndilly.
-He would like a little boy for
-his companion much better. Then they
-could stop and gather flowers or chase
-butterflies. That would be so pleasant.
-But he thought,</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“This man will know better which
-way to go. He will take care of me
-and keep me from harm.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>So he trudged along with the stranger.
-They had not gone far, when they
-came to a field where men were at
-work, cutting the tall grass. Then they
-spread it out in the sun to dry.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Daffydowndilly was delighted with
-the sweet smell of the new-mown grass.
-The sun shown down on the field. The
-birds sang in the trees near by.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, how beautiful!” cried he. “Let
-us stop and watch them. I wish I
-might stay here always. How much
-nicer it is here, than in that old school room.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Just then he saw something that
-made him start back and catch his
-companion’s hand.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Quick, quick!” cried he. “Let us
-run away or he will catch us!”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Who will catch us?” asked the
-stranger.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Mr. Toil, the old schoolmaster,”
-answered Daffydowndilly. “Don’t you
-see him in the field there?”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>He pointed to an old man who
-seemed to be the owner of the field.
-He had taken off his coat and was
-working in his shirt sleeves. He did
-not rest a moment. All the time he
-kept saying,</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Make hay while the sun shines, my
-men.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Sure enough, he did look just like
-Mr. Toil. His voice, too, was the same,
-yet Mr. Toil must have been in the
-school room at that time.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Don’t be afraid,” said the stranger.
-“This is not Mr. Toil, the schoolmaster.
-It is one of his brothers. He is a farmer.
-People say he is worse than the
-schoolmaster. But he won’t trouble
-you, unless you go to work on his
-farm.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Daffydowndilly believed this, yet was
-glad to get away. By-and-by they saw
-some carpenters building a house.
-Daffydowndilly wanted to stop again.
-He loved to watch the men making
-doors and putting in windows. How
-neatly they did their work.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>It was a pretty sight to see the shavings
-roll from under the plane. They
-looked like ribbons.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“How nice it would be to have a
-saw, a hammer, and a plane, and build
-a little house for myself,” thought he.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>While he was thinking what fine fun
-this would be, he saw something which
-made him cry out,</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Make haste. Quick, quick! There
-he is again!”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Who?” asked the stranger.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Old Mr. Toil,” said Daffydowndilly.
-“There! Don’t you see him among the
-carpenters? That’s my old schoolmaster,
-as sure as I live!”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>The stranger looked where he pointed.
-He saw an old man with a carpenter’s
-rule in his hand. He was
-marking out the work to be done. All
-the time he was telling the men to
-work hard. And they sawed and hammered
-and planed as if for their lives.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, no!” said the stranger, “this is
-not Mr. Toil, the schoolmaster. It is
-another brother of his. He is a carpenter.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“I’m very glad to hear it,” said
-Daffydowndilly. “But I’d like to get
-out of his way as soon as I can.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>So on they went. Soon they heard
-the sound of a drum and fife. Daffydowndilly
-knew there must be soldiers
-coming.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Let us make haste,” said he, “I want
-to see the soldiers.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>They walked as fast as they could,
-and soon met a company of soldiers.
-They were gayly dressed, with beautiful
-feathers in their caps and carried
-bright guns on their shoulders.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>In front marched two drummers and
-fifers. How they beat their drums and
-played their fifes! What lively music
-they made! Daffydowndilly thought he
-would like to follow them to the end of
-the world.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“If I were a soldier,” he thought,
-“Mr. Toil would never dare to look me
-in the face.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Quick step! Forward march!”
-shouted a gruff voice.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Daffydowndilly started to run.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“There he is again,” he cried. “I
-know his voice.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Daffydowndilly pointed to the captain.
-He was, indeed, the very image
-of Mr. Toil. To be sure he wore a cap
-and feather, and carried a sword instead
-of a stick. But Daffydowndilly
-was sure it was his old schoolmaster.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“You are mistaken again, my little
-friend,” said the stranger. “This is not
-Mr. Toil, the schoolmaster, but another
-brother of his. He is a soldier and has
-been in the army all his life. You and
-I need not fear him.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Well,” said Daffydowndilly, “I’m
-glad to hear it; but, if you please sir, I
-don’t want to see the soldiers any
-more.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>On they went and, by-and-by, came
-to a house by the roadside. They could
-hear the sound of a fiddle within and,
-through the open doorway could see
-boys and girls dancing. They were
-having a merry time. Daffydowndilly
-thought he had never seen anything
-half so pretty.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, let us stop here,” he said. “Mr.
-Toil would never dare show his face
-where there is music and dancing. We
-shall be safe enough here.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Just then he looked at the fiddler.
-Whom should he see again but old Mr.
-Toil. He had a violin bow instead of
-a stick, but looked exactly like the old
-schoolmaster.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, dear me!” said Daffydowndilly,
-turning pale. “Is there nobody but
-Mr. Toil in the whole world! Who
-would have thought he could play a
-fiddle!”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“This is not your old schoolmaster,”
-said the stranger. “This is another
-brother of his. He calls himself Mr.
-Pleasure, but his real name is Toil.
-Those who know him best, say he is
-worse than any of his brothers.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Let us go a little farther,” said
-Daffydowndilly. “I don’t like the looks
-of this fiddler at all.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>So they went on through shady lanes
-and pleasant villages. Everywhere the
-sky was blue, the sun shone, and the
-birds sang. But go where they would,
-there was the image of old Mr. Toil.
-Whether they stopped at a cottage or
-a mansion, it was all the same. Sometimes
-they found him in the parlor,
-very often in the kitchen. He was sure
-to be there somewhere.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Daffydowndilly was very tired, and
-seeing some men lying in a shady place
-by the roadside, he cried,</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, let us sit down and rest. Mr.
-Toil will never come here. He hates
-to see people resting.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Just then he looked at one of the
-men. He seemed to be the laziest of
-all. Who should it be again, but the
-very image of old Mr. Toil.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“There is a very large family of these
-Toils,” said the stranger. “This is another
-one of the schoolmaster’s brothers.
-He is a very idle fellow and does
-nothing but have, what he calls, a good
-time, but I think he has a harder time
-than any of the others.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Daffydowndilly began to cry.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Oh, take me back! Take me back!”
-said he. “If there is nothing but toil
-in the world, I may as well go back to
-the school house!”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Well, there it is,” said the stranger.
-And, sure enough, there it was.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>You see they had been going in a
-circle, instead of a straight line.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>“Come, we will go back to school
-together.”</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>Something in the stranger’s voice
-made Daffydowndilly look at him.
-There, again, was the face of old Mr.
-Toil! So the poor boy had been with
-him all day, even while he was trying
-so hard to get away from him.</p>
-
-<p class='c013'>When he came to know the schoolmaster
-better, he found that he was not
-so bad, after all. And when he learned
-his lessons well, the old schoolmaster’s
-smile was almost as pleasant as was
-that of his own mother.</p>
-<div class='pbb'>
- <hr class='pb c009' />
-</div>
-<p class='c013'>&nbsp;</p>
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