Narative Text and Questions

A TOUCH OF GOLD

King Midas was a very wealthy king. His hobby was collecting gold. From the time he got up in the morning to the time he went to bed, he would count his gold.

One morning, as he was sitting alone the garden, Dionysus, the good of wine, come to him and said, “Midas, I grant you a touch of gold. Whatever you touch, it will turn into gold. Be careful, what you think will bring you the most happiness might cause you the greatest grief”.

Midas was very happy. He didn’t heed Dionysus’s warning. He touched a tree, and it turned to gold. He touched his palace, and turned to gold midas danced joyfully.

Suddenly, he realized that couldn’t eat because when he touched the food, it turned to gold. He was very hungry and the worst thing happened when his daughter ran to him crying and complained that all the flowers in the garden had turned to gold. When Midas touched his beloved daughter , she turned to gold. He was extremely unhappy.

Finally, Midas when back to Dionysus and said, “Please take back your gift. I no longer when the golden touch. I realized thatnwealth does not always bring happiness.”

Dionysus laughed,”I see that you have changed. Go and bathe in the river of Poctulus. The spell will be undone and you woe will be gone.”

Kind Midas was be relieved and happy. After he took a bathe, he rushed into his palace. He poured the water to his daughter and she came back to life.

Questions

1.      What is the communicative purpose of the text ?

2.      What is the text about ?

3.      “ Be careful, what you think will bring you the most happiness might cause you the greatest grief. ” (paragraph 2). The underlined word has similar meaning to ….

4.      “ Kind Midas was relived and happy. ” the underlined word means ….

5.      What can you learn from the text about ?

6.      “ He didn’t heed Dionysus’s warning. ” the underlined word means ….

7.      “ The spell will be undone and you woe will be gone. ” The underlined word means ….

8.      “ The spell will be undone and you woe will be gone. ” The underlined word means ….