Краткое пояснение: В тексте пропущены формы глагола to be в прошедшем времени (was/were).
Many years ago in Greece there
was a king.
His name
was King Midas. He
was very rich. His castle
was big and it
was full of beautiful things. There
were gold chairs and silver tables and expensive carpets. But Midas
wasn't happy. There
wasn't enough gold for him. Midas wanted more.