The story begins on a fine day, in a far away Kingdom by the sea. The Kingdom belonged to a very rich King with the name of Midas - and what a rich King he was! He had more gold than any other King in the whole world, and he had a little daughter too, who he was very, very fond of. But, he wasn't as fond of her, as he was of all of the gold he possessed! One day, his little daughter came running towards him with her arms full of yellow flowers, and because they were yellow, the same color as gold, he began to think of gold again - more than ever! The flowers were very beautiful, but what a pity they weren't actual gold... So the King made a wish. He wished that everything he touched, would turn to gold!