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And yet, in his earlier days, before he was so entirely possessed of this foolish desire for riches, King Midas had shown a great taste for flowers. He had planted a garden in which grew the biggest and sweetest and most beautiful roses that anyone ever saw or smelled. These roses were still growing in the garden, as large, as lovely, and as fragrant as when Midas used to pass whole hours gazing at them and inhaling their perfume. But now, if he looked at them at all, it was only to imagine how much the garden would be worth if each of the many rose-petals were a thin plate of gold.
然而，在他早年，在他完全被这种愚蠢的财富欲望所支配之前，迈达斯国王对鲜花表现出极大爱好。他种了一个花园，里面长着最大、最甜、最美丽的玫瑰。这些玫瑰还在花园里生长着，它们又大又可爱，又芳香，就像迈达斯过去常常一连几个小时盯着花朵，吸着香气。但是现在，如果他把它们全部看一遍，他所能想到的只是:如果这许多玫瑰花瓣中的每一朵都是一薄片金子，那么这个花园将会多么值钱啊!
