{"id":1088,"date":"2014-07-12T01:56:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T01:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2015-07-14T02:25:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T02:25:54","slug":"the-chocolate-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=1088","title":{"rendered":"The Chocolate Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Don’t you think there’s such a thing as
\nenough?” Mr. Midas persisted. “Don’t you
\nthink that things are best in their places? I
\nmean, don’t you think there’s a time for
\nspaghetti and a time for roast beef and even a
\ntime for pickled herring and garlic toast, as
\nwell as a time for chocolate? Or would you
\nrather have chocolate all the time?”<\/p>\n

“Chocolate all the time,” John replied
\nemphatically. “Chocolate’s best, that’s all.
\nOther things are just food. But chocolate’s
\nchocolate. Chocolate–”<\/p>\n

“I think I understand,” Mr. Midas broke in
\nsharply. <\/em> <\/p>\n

You’ve heard of King Midas’s golden touch? This book is a fun (relatively) contemporary update, the story of a schoolboy (John Midas) who has the bad luck of actually getting what he most wishes for. <\/p>\n

If you’re looking for the original, golden, version of the story, we quite like the picture book by Charlotte and Kinuko Y. Craft.<\/p>\n

Author: Patrick Skene Catling
\nIllustrator: Margot Apple<\/p>\n