A traveller came to a village carrying nothing more than an empty pot. The traveller filled the pot with water, dropped a large stone in it and placed it over a fire in the village square.

A villager became curious and asked the traveller what he was doing. The traveller answered “I am making Stone Soup, which tastes wonderful, although it would taste even better if it had a carrot. The villager went home and returned with a carrot, which was added to the pot. Another villager passed by and asked the traveller what he was doing and again the traveller explained he was making stone soup. “It tastes wonderful, but would be even more delicious if it had an onion”. The villager went home and soon returned with an onion, which was added to the pot. More and more villagers came to the village square to see what was going on, and each added something to the pot.

Finally, the call went out to the whole village “The Stone Soup is ready! Come and enjoy” and the village shared together in the delicious stone soup.