Three Pieces of EVIDENCE: Paragraph # 2: King Midas always wanted to have a big treasure, and planned to do whatever he could to make his fortune grow. Paragraph # 6: King Midas was very discouraged when his food turned to gold as he tried to eat it. Paragraph # 8: King Midas begged Dionysus to take away the golden touch after his daughter Marigold was turned into a golden statue. He wanted to give everything away to have his daughter back.