The story about donkey ears by King Midas of ancient Greece

It is said that Apollo and Pan competed in music and asked Midas to be the referee. Apollo was equivalent to the Minister of Culture, with nine departments under his jurisdiction; while Pan was just a folk artist who could only play the flute. Midas, a layman, judged Pan the winner, but Apollo stretched out his ears in anger. To cover his ugly donkey ears, Midas wore a hat all day long. But the secret could not be hidden from the king's barber. The poor barber knew that he could not reveal this secret, but this secret was scratching his heart like a hundred claws, and he wanted to get it out. Later, the barber came up with a good idea. He dug a hole on the river beach and said to the entrance of the hole: "King Midas has a pair of donkey ears!" After saying that, he felt relaxed and used the entrance of the hole. The soil was sealed and gone. Unexpectedly, a clump of reeds grew up in this place. Whenever the wind blew, the reeds would repeat: "King Midas has a pair of donkey ears!" "King Midas has a pair of donkey ears!" The story ends tragically: Midas executes the barber. Although the story is short, it leaves behind three idioms: "Midas' judge" is a metaphor for "lay judges"; "Midas's donkey ears" is a metaphor for big men who conceal their scandals; "Midas' barber" is a metaphor for "layman judges". A metaphor for those who cannot keep secrets.