原文：
The Golden Touch
Long, long ago there lived in Greece a king whose name was Midas. He was a greedy man and loved gold better than anything else in the world.
One day he asked the gods to give him still more gold. The gods decided to ppunish him and said: “Very well; in the morning everything that you touch will become gold.”
Midas was overjoyed when he heard this. “I shall be the richest man in the world,” he said to himself.
He got up early next morning. When he touched his bed, it turned to gold. He began to dress, and his clothes became gold. Midas was delighted.
Midas loved flowers and kept a beautiful garden. He went into the garden to look at his flowers. The day was fine, the sun was bright and the roses were lovely. The king picked one of them, but it turned to gold in his hand. He picked another, and the same thing happened. He was sorry that the flowers changed as soon as he touched them, for he loved their rich colours.
The king went to have his breakfast. He took a cup of milk, but it immediately turned to gold. Then he took a piece of bread, and that also changed into gold. Midas now began to feel unhappy. It was good to be the richest man in the world, but he was hungry, and he could not eat or drink gold.
Midas went out into the garden again. His little daughter was there. When she saw her father, she ran up to him. King Midas was very fond of his daughter and he kissed her tenderly. Then and there she turned into a golden statue.
Midas was now very unhappy. He went into his palace. His eyes filled with tears, and he begged the gods to take away the Golden Touch.
“I was very foolish to love gold so much,” he said. “Take all my gold and give me back my daughter.”
“Go,” said the gods, “and wash your hands in the river near your garden, and the water will take away the Golden Touch.”
Midas went to the river and washed his hands. Then he ran quickly to the golden statue of his little girl. He kissed her again and she changed back into his pretty little daughter.
Midas never forgot this lesson. He knew now that gold did not bring happiness.
翻译：
点金术
很久很久以前，希腊有个国王名叫迈达斯。他是个贪婪的人，比世界上任何其他的人都喜欢金子。
有一天，他要求众神给他更多的黄金。众神决定惩罚他说：“很好，在早晨一切你触摸会变成金子。”
当他听到这个喜讯非常高兴。“我将是世界上最富有的人，”他对自己说。
第二天早上他起得很早。当他摸到床上的时候，它变成了金子。他开始穿衣服，衣服也变成黄金。迈达斯欣喜。
迈达斯喜欢花，一个美丽的花园。他走进花园去看他的花。这一天很好，阳光灿烂，玫瑰也很可爱。国王挑了其中一个，但手里拿着金子。他挑了一个，同样的事情发生了。他很抱歉，因为他摸了摸这些花，他很快就变了，因为他喜欢他们的丰富的颜色。
国王去吃早饭了。他喝了一杯牛奶，但立刻变成了黄金。然后，他拿了一片面包，也变成了金子。迈达斯开始感到不高兴了。成为世界上最富有的人是好的，但他是饿了，他不能吃或喝黄金。
迈达斯走到花园了。他的小女儿在那里。当她看到她的父亲时，她就跑过去了。迈达斯国王非常喜欢他的女儿，他温柔地吻了她。然后，她变成了一个金色的雕像。
迈达斯这时非常不高兴。他走进了他的宫殿。他的眼中充满了泪水，他恳求众神带走金色的抚摸。
“我真是太傻了，爱金子这么多，”他说。“拿我的金子，把我的女儿还给我。”
“走吧，”众神说，“在你的花园附近的河里洗你的手，水会带走点金术的。”
迈达斯走到河边洗了手。然后，他迅速跑到他的小女孩的金色雕像。他又一次吻了她，她又变回了可爱的小女儿。
迈达斯永远不会忘记这个教训。他知道黄金并没有带来幸福。

I see the philosophers stone story, after some angry. Content: Greece there was a king who loved gold is greedy, above all. One day, he begged god give him more gold, god decided to punish him, he said, you will meet tomorrow morning into gold. Mr Yunus (greed king) next morning, he met bed, bed into gold, and he touched the clothes, the clothes are changed to gold, he was so happy! He came to enjoy flower garden, he met a flower into gold, and he was very sad. He went to eat breakfast, end up milk and milk into gold, and he took a loaf of bread, bread, it becomes gold, he was not happy, although he is rich, but not hungry belly! He is, he's daughter ran up and he reached a hug, daughter also become gold statue, he was sad, with tears in her eyes, beg god remove his philosophers stone. He said: "please take my daughter all the gold, to me! God said: if you into the river and wash your hands can philosophers stone wash off. He washed my hands, hurried to his daughter, then daughter, beautiful and lovely girl. He knows that money doesn't equal to happiness. I think: if two countries, the first country is very rich. Greed, and another 2 countries poor but hard-working, after a few years, the first countries must be very poor countries will be very rich, the second. Money is a symbol of wealth. But money is not everything, especially not represent real happiness