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As he dipped the pitcher into the water, it gladdened his very heart to see it change from gold into the same good, earthen vessel which it had been before he touched it. He felt, also, a change within himself. A cold, hard, and heavy weight seemed to have gone out of his bosom. Seeing a violet that grew on the bank of the river, Midas touched it with his finger, and was overjoyed to find that the delicate flower kept its purple hue, instead of turning yellow. The curse of the Golden Touch had, therefore, really been removed from him.
當他把水罐浸在水里時，看到它從金子變成了和他接觸之前一樣好的陶制器皿，他心里非常高興。他自己也感到了一種變化。一股冰冷、堅硬、沉重的氣息似乎從他的胸中消失了。邁達斯看到河岸上生長著一株紫羅蘭，他用手指觸摸了一下，欣喜地發現這朵嬌嫩的花沒有變黃，而是保持了紫色。因此，點石成金的詛咒真的從他身上消失了。
King Midas hastened back to the palace; and, I suppose, the servants knew not what to make of it when they saw their royal master so carefully bring home an earthen pitcher of water. But that water, which was to undo all the mischief that his folly had wrought, was more precious to Midas than an ocean of melted gold could have been. The first thing he did, as you need hardly be told, was to sprinkle the water by handfuls over the golden figure of little Marygold.
邁達斯國王急忙回到宮殿；我想，當仆人們看到他們的主人如此小心翼翼地端來一壺水回家時，他們不知道該怎么辦。但是，對邁達斯來說，這水要比融化的黃金海洋更珍貴，因為這水可以消除他的愚蠢所造成的一切危害。他做的第一件事，就像你幾乎不需要被告知的那樣，是把水一把把地灑在金色的小瑪麗金雕像上。
No sooner did it fall on her than you would have laughed to see how the rosy color came back to the dear child’s cheek!—and how she began to sneeze and splutter!— and how astonished she was to find herself dripping wet, and her father still pouring more water over her!
它一落到她身上，你就會笑起來，因為你看到那可愛的孩子的面頰又恢復了玫瑰色！——她怎么又打噴嚏又吐痰了！她驚奇地發現自己渾身濕漉漉的，父親還在往她身上澆更多的水。
“Pray, do not, dear father!” cried she. “See how you have wet my nice clean frock, which I put on only this morning!”
“請不要這樣做，親愛的父親！”她哭著說。“看你把我今天早上才穿上的干凈漂亮的衣服弄濕了!”
For Marygold did not know that she had been a little golden statue; nor could she remember anything that had happened since the moment when she ran with outstretched arms to comfort poor King Midas.
因為瑪麗金并不知道她曾經是一個小金雕像；她也記不起自從她伸出雙臂去安慰可憐的邁達斯國王之后發生了什么事。
