Stone Soup

The story is about a poor man and an old woman. One day, the poor man came to a cottage. There was the old woman in the cottage. He asked her rest there for a while. She admited it. after entering the cottage, he said "I can make soup from a stone". So she said "Show me". After that, she put a big pot of water on the fire. He added a shiny stone. The soup babbled. He tasted it. Then, he said "An onion would make it better". So she chopped an onion, and popped it in. He tasted it again. Then, he said "A potato would make it better". So she chopped a potato and popped it in. He tasted it again. Then, he said "Some meat would make it better still". So she chopped some meat and popped it in. He put it into bowls. She ate the soup and she said "It is yummy. That stone must be magic!!" He washed the stone and put it in his pocket.

When I looked at the title of book, I thought "What? Stone soup? Is it hard soup??" After I finished reading the book, I found it was wrong. "Stone Soup" meant that the soup is made from a stone! However, the man only added a shiny stone into a big pot of water. Actually, the woman added an onion, a potato and some meat. So the man didn't make the soup. The woman made the soup eventually!! The man deceived the woman. However the woman said "It is yummy. That stone must be magic!!", so the woman didn't notice that the man deceived the woman. I thought that the man is bad man and the woman is very good and kind woman!! (294 words)
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