WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:17.141 Welcome to Once Upon a Time Show. It's time for a bedtime story. Hello, little one. Pull your blanket up nice and warm. Is your pillow soft? Take a big breath in, and let it out slowly. 2 00:00:17.441 --> 00:00:25.670 Tonight's story is about a king called Midas, and his little daughter, Marygold. It's a very, very old story. 3 00:00:25.970 --> 00:00:33.334 The king loved gold very much. But then he found something worth much more than gold. Can you guess what it was? 4 00:00:33.634 --> 00:00:37.056 Lie nice and still now. Here comes the story. 5 00:00:43.356 --> 00:00:52.915 Long ago, there lived a very rich king called Midas. He had a little daughter called Marygold. She liked to run and laugh around her father's feet. 6 00:00:53.215 --> 00:01:04.892 King Midas loved gold more than anything in the world. When the evening clouds turned gold, he wished they were real gold. When Marygold picked him some little yellow flowers, he just shook his head. 7 00:01:05.192 --> 00:01:09.078 Oh, my dear, if only these flowers were real gold. 8 00:01:09.378 --> 00:01:22.495 Once, King Midas had loved flowers. He had a garden full of roses, big and lovely and sweet. But now he only thought: if every petal were thin gold, how much would my garden be worth? 9 00:01:22.795 --> 00:01:37.444 Every day, the king went down to a dark room under his castle. That was where he kept his gold. Only one small ray of sun came in through a narrow window. He counted his gold coins, one by one, and whispered to himself. 10 00:01:37.744 --> 00:01:41.932 Midas, rich King Midas, what a happy man you are. 11 00:01:48.232 --> 00:01:59.700 One day, as he sat by his gold, the king saw a shadow. He looked up, and there was a stranger standing in the sunbeam. He had a cheerful face, and a smile that shone like gold. 12 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:11.910 The door was locked tight, and still the stranger had come in. So the king knew he was no ordinary visitor. The stranger looked around the room and asked: with so much gold, do you have enough? 13 00:02:12.210 --> 00:02:16.271 Not yet. I wish that everything I touch would turn to gold. 14 00:02:16.571 --> 00:02:30.163 The stranger smiled a big smile. He asked if the king was sure it would make him happy. The king said yes, of course. So the stranger waved goodbye. He said that tomorrow at sunrise, the king would have the golden touch. 15 00:02:30.463 --> 00:02:34.268 Then the stranger glowed very bright, and he was gone. 16 00:02:34.568 --> 00:02:42.878 That night, King Midas couldn't sleep. He kept thinking of mountains of gold, higher and higher. He just wanted the morning to come. 17 00:02:48.178 --> 00:03:00.319 The next morning, as soon as the sky was light, King Midas woke up. He touched his blanket. Oh, the blanket turned to shining gold. He touched the bedpost, and the bedpost turned to gold too. 18 00:03:00.619 --> 00:03:03.995 It's true. The golden touch is true. 19 00:03:04.295 --> 00:03:14.984 The king was so happy. He put on his glasses, but they turned to gold too, and he couldn't see through them. He was a little puzzled, then he laughed, and went out to the garden. 20 00:03:15.284 --> 00:03:28.668 In the garden, the roses were in bloom. The king went from bush to bush, touching every rose. Each one went hard and turned to gold. Gold leaves, gold petals. But now they had no sweet smell. 21 00:03:28.968 --> 00:03:36.430 The king thought, gold roses are worth so much more. He forgot that little Marygold loved to smell the roses. 22 00:03:43.730 --> 00:03:54.548 Then it was time for breakfast. The king sat down and waited for Marygold. Soon she came in, her eyes red, crying softly. In her hand was a rose made of gold. 23 00:03:54.848 --> 00:04:05.294 Marygold said, I went to pick you some roses, but they're all hard, and they don't smell sweet. King Midas felt ashamed. He didn't dare say it was because of him. 24 00:04:05.594 --> 00:04:22.210 The king lifted his cup to drink. But the water turned to gold as soon as it touched his lips. He picked up some bread, and the bread turned to gold too. Even the fish on his plate became a gold fish, hard and cold. The king was so hungry, but he couldn't eat a thing. 25 00:04:22.510 --> 00:04:26.907 Oh, I'm so rich, and I can't eat a single bite of bread. 26 00:04:27.207 --> 00:04:36.968 Marygold saw her father was sad. She loved him very much. She ran to him and threw her arms around him. The king bent down and kissed her hair. 27 00:04:37.268 --> 00:04:46.646 And then, you know what? Marygold stood very still. She had turned into a little gold statue. Don't worry, little one, this story ends well. 28 00:04:46.946 --> 00:04:56.452 King Midas covered his face. Now, at last, he understood. A warm heart that loved him was worth more than all the gold in the world. 29 00:04:56.752 --> 00:05:06.129 Just then, the stranger came back to the door, with his bright smile. He asked: does the golden touch make you happy? The king shook his head. 30 00:05:06.429 --> 00:05:09.979 Gold isn't everything. I have lost what I love most. 31 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:21.782 The stranger asked some more. A cup of cool water, or the golden touch, which is worth more? A piece of bread, or the golden touch? And warm little Marygold, or the golden touch? 32 00:05:22.082 --> 00:05:27.373 The water, the bread, and my daughter. They're worth more than a world of gold. 33 00:05:27.673 --> 00:05:40.371 The stranger nodded, and said the king was wiser than yesterday. Then he said: jump into the river at the end of the garden. Bring back a jug of its water. Sprinkle the water on anything, and it will be just as it was before. 34 00:05:46.671 --> 00:05:59.323 King Midas grabbed a jug and ran to the river as fast as he could. He jumped right in, without even taking off his shoes. When he came up, his heart felt light, as if a heavy stone had rolled away. 35 00:05:59.623 --> 00:06:04.787 He filled the jug with water. The gold jug turned back into a plain clay jug. 36 00:06:05.087 --> 00:06:12.340 He touched a little purple flower by the river. The flower stayed soft and purple. The golden touch was gone. 37 00:06:12.640 --> 00:06:21.937 The king ran back to the castle and sprinkled water on Marygold. Her cheeks turned pink again. She sneezed, and was surprised to find herself all wet. 38 00:06:22.237 --> 00:06:31.696 Marygold cried out: Father, stop, my pretty dress is all wet. She didn't remember a thing. She only remembered running to hug her father. 39 00:06:31.996 --> 00:06:41.501 Then the king took Marygold out to the garden. He sprinkled water on the rose bushes, and more than five thousand roses bloomed again, soft and sweet. 40 00:06:41.801 --> 00:06:53.319 From then on, only two things reminded the king of the golden touch. The sand in the river sparkled like gold. And Marygold's hair had a soft golden shine, very pretty. 41 00:06:53.619 --> 00:06:58.655 From that morning, I only love one kind of gold. The gold in your hair. 42 00:07:05.955 --> 00:07:14.311 Now, the sun has gone down behind the garden. The roses close their petals. The river flows softly, softly. 43 00:07:14.611 --> 00:07:19.473 The sand in the river sparkles gently, like little stars fast asleep. 44 00:07:19.773 --> 00:07:28.384 King Midas never goes down to the dark room now. He sits by Marygold's bed, strokes her golden hair, and tells her about the flowers. 45 00:07:28.684 --> 00:07:33.082 Sleep well, my darling girl. You're worth more than all the gold in the world. 46 00:07:33.382 --> 00:07:39.137 Marygold smiles and closes her eyes. Her breathing gets slower, and slower. 47 00:07:39.437 --> 00:07:47.074 You too, little one. You don't need gold. You have a warm blanket, a soft pillow, and people who love you very much. 48 00:07:47.374 --> 00:07:55.173 Close your eyes now. Breathe in slowly, breathe out slowly. Goodnight from Once Upon a Time Show. Sweet dreams.