What is the theme in this passage?

A king wished for the power to turn anything he touched into gold. At last, his wish was granted! Wanting to celebrate, he ran to his wife. "My queen," he said, hugging her, "I have such great news!" But she was dead -- turned to gold.

After reading the mini-story, what is the theme of this short passage? Your answer should be in sentence form with punctuation and capitalization.