![]() ![]() So it goes through sides of beef, potatoes, barley, milk. Marie thinks she could find a cabbage somewhere and comes back with three. ![]() But no use asking for what you don't have. Françoise thinks she has a carrot or two and brings an apron full. But oh, if there were carrots, it would be much better. After salt and pepper are asked for and provided, the soldiers say Stones like these generally make good soup. This claim makes the people curious, and they readily supply a large pot, lots of water, a fire to boil the water, and then three large smooth stones. So the three proclaim that they will have to make stone soup. Family after family, when asked by the soldiers, claims to have no food to offer. The townsfolk see them coming and hide their food. Three soldiers are making their way home from war through foreign territory. This telling gives color to the common story. ![]() I know Marcia Brown from her lovely Once a Mouse. ![]()
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