This story happen along time ago somewhere in Europe in the middle of a bitter winter. There was a terrible famine which caused major foods shortage throughout the land. In the villages people were so hungry that each family kept what little food they had hidden away so that no one else would be able to find it.
They hardly spoke to each other and ,if any food was found,they fought over it
One day a poor lonely traveler arrive in a village and set up his tent by the side of the road. All he had with him was a large pot,a woodden spoon and an ordinary stone. You can't stay here , said the billagers. There 's no food while they were gone.