One day, King Midas's farmhands brought him a satyr they'd captured, but Midas ordered it released. The satyr, a part-man, part-goat creature, granted the king a wish in
return. The king wished that everything he touched turn to gold, but it was not the bounty
Midas expected. He accidentally turned his daughter to gold, and the food he tried to eat
also turned to gold. The satyr eventually returned things to normal, and the king learned
to be grateful for all he had.
Why is the king's discovery of the foolishness of his wish an effective element of this
myth?

lihuliivi hili nilu lutaula previous 21 next end of semester test: english 12b submit test reader tools info- select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read this excerpt and complete the sentences that follow a shropshire lad by ae housman (excerpt) when i was one-and-twenty i heard a wise man say "give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away give pearls away and rubies but keep your fancy free." but i was one-and-twenty no use to talk to me when i was one-and-twenty i heard him say again, "the heart out of the bosom was never given in vain 'tis paid with sighs a plenty and sold for endless rue" and i am two-and-twenty. and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true the central theme of the poem is in the end, the poet the wise man's views. reset next