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Story Review of Stone Soup

Basic Elements: 

Characters: Hok, Lok, Siew

Setting: in a village, one day 

Plot: The villagers is very selfish, they don’t know to share with others so they doesn’ know happiness. 

Genre: Folk tale 



The story Stone Soup retold and illustrated by Jon J Muth, which talks about there are three monks, and they are talking about what is happiness, and they see a small village, the villagers is very selfish, and don’t want to share, because they has been through many hard times, and the three monks makes a stone soup, and a small girl give them the biggest pot in her house, and few more people take vegetables and food to put into the pot, they are making a stone soup, and the villagers share, and be unselfish, they put on lanterns and eat together, and they has a very big change from before they make the stone soup, and after they made the stone soup. That’s the end of the story, but not the end of our thinking, there has many things in the story. 


Happiness is not only laughing or being happy, it can also make one’s characteristic change. Happiness is the quality or state of being happy, but not only laughing, maybe one get a new toy, and one loves it a lot, a friend came to your house, she wants to play the toy, but one doesn’t want it to touch it, one is very selfish, her friend can’t do nothing, so she played other toys, but one is not happy about that the friend doesn't touch her toy, one is a little bit sad, that is because the sharing with others can make we happy. In Chinese, there’s a sentence that says that if you give someone a flower, your hand will be fragrant. In the story, the villagers are unhappy before sharing, and when they share, they get happiness. The villagers share and get happiness. Sharing can bring happiness. 


When we tell something to people, be more Interesting, don’t blame, and be inpatient. If we tell something in an interesting way, people may like to listen better, and they will change to the way we want. If we blame him, oh, you are so … can’t you do that? … everyone who hears something like this will be unhappy. So if we are more patient and always say that you're very good to him or her, he or she will learn quickly and want to listen. In the story, the tree monks find out that the villagers are very selfish and want to help, they don't blame them, they make a stone soup to make more people watch, and they share their things, and the problem is solved easily. The three monks tell the villagers to share in a very interesting way, and the villagers have been more happy. Telling people in a different way may have a change. 


Share with others all the time if we can, don’t be selfish. All people will have things they want but don't have, maybe one share with another, maybe one share with a people one doesn’t know, don’t think that people will share you too, but if you share with him, he will share with more people, and everyone will like to share. In the story, the village has been through many hard times, and the villagers were very selfish, no one wanted to share with others, and the village was not very united, they only thought of themselves, so when the tree monks Arrived, they all went home and didn't want to see them. The villagers are very selfish, no one wants to share their house with the monks. When we can share the things we have with others, the whole environment will be united, it is like the baton of love, if one gets love, they will love others, and the environment will be full of love. 



In conclusion, In the story, the monks ind out that the villagers is very selfish and wants to help them, he makes a stone soup, and more people watch, more people make with them, people bring food from their house and put into the pot to make a big soup, then, the villager knows do not to be selfish after the three monks tells them in a very interesting way, that night, people lit up lanterns, and eat together, some bring tea, some bring food, and the monks lives comfortable in the villagers home, when they leave, the villagers show their gratefulness. And we know Happiness is not only laughing or being happy, it can also make one’s characteristic change, When we tell something to people, be more Interesting, don’t blame, and be inpatient, Share with others all the time if we can, don’t be selfish. This is a good story. 


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