Midas

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This short story is inspired by the greek mythology, "King Midas" from the book Metamorphoses by the poet Ovid. xxx Once upon a time, in a small village, there was a young boy with an amazing gift to turn everything he touched into pure gold. Sadly the villagers doesn't think the same way.

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