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But when Midas, with the healthy appetite of the peasant-born, would have eaten largely of the savoury food that his cooks prepared, he found that his teeth only touched roast kid to turn it into a slab of gold, that garlic lost its flavour and became gritty as he chewed, that rice turned into golden grains, and curdled milk became a dower fit for a princess, entirely unnegotiable for the digestion of man.… Only for a very few days was Midas able to bear the affliction of his wealth. There was nothing now for him to live for.… Gold was power, he knew well, yet of what worth was gold while he starved? Gold could not buy him life and health and happiness.

Read the sentence from paragraph 6 of "King Midas of the Golden Touch."



"He found that his teeth only touched roast kid to turn it into a slab of gold, that garlic lost its flavour and became gritty as he chewed, that rice turned into golden grains, and curdled milk became a dower fit for a princess, entirely unnegotiable for the digestion of man."



What do the underlined words mean in the sentence?


The milk turned into gold.


The milk disappeared.


The milk became beautiful.


The milk lost its taste.

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The milk turned into gold.

("A dower" means a dowry — a valuable gift — so "a dower fit for a princess" implies the milk became something very valuable, i.e., gold.)