Stone Soup

Read the following line from the story:

"We have had no food for ourselves for three days," said Paul. Francoise made a sad face.

Why does Paul say this?

• The harvest was very poor that year.

• The villagers do not have enough food to share.

• The villagers do not want to share their food.

• Francoise wanted to share the food, but Paul did not.

What is the recipe for Stone Soup?

• Whatever the villagers may have.

• Carrots, cabbage, potatoes, beef, barley, and milk.

• Stones, water, salt, pepper, and spices.

• The recipe is a secret.

What would YOU put in Stone Soup?

Why didn't the soldiers just ask for the food from the villagers instead of tricking them?

• They did, and the villagers did not share.

• The soldiers were scared to ask.

• The soldiers and the villagers spoke different languages.

• They did not know what food they had.

How did the soldiers continue to trick the villagers into giving them more ingredients?

• They asked for it.

• They would say the soup would taste bad without it.

• They would whine and complain that they needed it.

• They would say how much better the soup would taste with it.

The villagers did all of the following to prevent giving their food away EXCEPT—

• They pretended they were not home.

• They hid their food under hay and in wells.

• They stood in the street and pretended to be hungry and sad.

• They said they gave away their food to other soldiers.

• They hid food under beds and they put quilts over bins.

What could be a moral of this story?

What can the reader infer about the soldiers?

• It was their first time making Stone Soup.

• They dined with the king recently.

• They had done this before.

• They lost the war.

Which line from the story shows that the villagers changed?

• "And they hurried to hide their food."

• "They must have the best beds in the village."

• Stone soup? That would be something to know about.

• So it went through the village. Not a peasant had any food to give away.