Once upon a time, there was an old village. The people there didn't like to share.
One evening, a 1 traveler went there. He stopped at a house and 2 at the door. After that, a woman opened the door. "I didn't have my breakfast and lunch today. Could you give me something to eat? "asked the traveler. But the woman said no to him.
Then, he 3 a stone on the ground and came again. "Would you like to 4 my stone soup? It's delicious, "said the traveler. "Stone soup? "the woman asked. "Yes. Just 5 me some hot water and a kettle(水壶), "the traveler smiled. She gave him some water and a kettle 6 . He put some water and the stone in the kettle. "It's good, "he said. "The soup. will become more 7 if I can put some salt into it! "The woman was not unhappy any more and gave him salt.
Many villagers knew what happened and started to stand around the traveler. He said to those people, "I have a better8 . It will be more than perfect with some 9 . "Suddenly, a villager shouted, "I have vegetables! "When the stone soup was 10 , the traveler gave a bowl of the stone soup to everyone. "Wonderful! "they cried with happiness.
From then on, the villagers shared what they had with each other.
