THE DELICIOUS STONE SOUP!

Hema Rao

A weary stranger, with a big bag on his shoulder, walks slowly down the main road of a town. Front doors of houses are promptly shut as no one wants to share their meal with him! An elderly woman was just about to close her front door when the man comes to her doorstep. He takes out a cauldron and a stone from his bag. The man tells her he needs a hot stove and water to make stone soup. The woman is astonished as she has never heard of soup made with only boiling water and a stone! Does the man make the soup? Read this story to find out!