Hans and his wife, Ann, and their daughter, Olga, walk to a town. They see a woman.
“We’re very hungry,” says Hans. “Do you have any food?”
“No,” says the woman. “I’m hungry, too!”
They see a man. Olga says, “We’re hungry. Do you have any food?”
“No,” says the man. ‘I’m hungry, too!”
The family has a big pot. Hans puts water in it. Ann and Olga look for stones. They each find four stones and put them into the pot.
“What’s that?” ask the woman and her friend.
“It’s stone soup,” says Hans. “It’s tasty. You can try some, but we don’t have any potatoes. It’s good with potatoes.”
“I have five!” says the woman.
“I have seven,” says her friend.
They put the potatoes into the pot.
“What’s that?” ask the man and his son.
“It’s stone soup,” says Olga. “It’s tasty. You can try some, but we don’t have any sausages. It’s good with sausages.”
“I have two,“ says the man.
“I have three/’ says his son. They put the sausages into the pot.
Later, the people from the town smell the soup and come out to look. “We have onions. We have carrots,” they say, and put them into the pot.
Everyone eats some soup. “We didn’t have enough food,” say the people. “But we added our food together and now we all have tasty soup!”
