This story takes place in ancient ____ . A ____ whose name was ____ lived there. One day the Greek gods asked King Midas to make a ____ and he wished that everything he touched to turn into ____. The Greek gods made his wish come true, but he soon had a problem because whatever he ____, food, water turned into gold and he couldn`t touch anything. Even his ____! Then King Midas asked the gods to return his wish. The gods took back his wish and his daughter got back to life. After that, the king decided to live a simple life close to nature in the ____. There he met the god Pan who played ____ very well. The gods heard about Pan`s talent in music but ____, who was the god of music, didn’t like it. That’s why Apollo challenged Pan to a music contest. Pan ____ the challenge and many people gathered to watch the music ____. Pan started playing the flute and King Midas was there too cheering for Pan and his music. Everyone was enchanted by his music. Then Apollo started playing the lyre and his music was wonderful too and he won the contest. King Midas was mad and he told Apollo that his music was not appropriate for humans` ears. Apollo said “You must have the ears of a ____ if you think that Pan’s music is better than mine!” and he turned King Midas’ ears into the long, furry ears of a donkey. The king got so ____ that he started wearing a large hat tocover his long donkey ears. Nobody knew why King Midas was wearing a large hat. But his hair grew really long so he needed to have it cut, that’s why a ____ was invited to the palace. The barber saw King Midas’ long donkey ears and he kept the ____ for a long time. But the barber couldn’t keep the secret anymore, he went to a ____, ____ a hole, and ____ “King Midas has donkey’s ears!” and then he covered the hole. Time passed and ____ grew up over the place where the barber had whispered the words “King Midas has donkey’s ears!”. When the wind started blowing through the reeds you could hear them whispering “King Midas has donkey’s ears!” When people passed by they could hear the king’s secret. His secret was ____. The king was so embarrassed that he decided to ____ his kingdom and ____ in the mountains.

King Midas and his Donkey Ears

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