World Children's Story Classics: Family Stories

Chapter 24 Alchemy

Once upon a time there was a king, he was a very rich man, but he was not satisfied, and wished everything to be turned into gold.He has a lovely daughter to whom he hopes to leave a pile of shining gold.One day, when he was eating, the bowl and chopsticks in his hand turned into gold, and the fish in the bowl turned into fish made of gold, and the hard fishbone stabbed his mouth.His daughter was playing in the garden, and the roses in the garden became "golden flowers", and then the king's daughter also became a "golden man".The king could no longer see his daughter's ruddy face, nor hear her lovely laugh.The king was sad and frightened.At this time, a god came to the king and asked him to wash himself in the river in front of the gate, and everything returned to its original shape.

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