People came from every house to smell the bubbling soup, and each of them brought extra ingredient to make the soup taste even better. They were so hungry and the soup smelled so good. "It must be that special stone" they said. Finally, the man declared that the soup was ready and it was time to eat. The villagers each brought a dish, and there was plenty of food or everyone. They talked and laughed, and for a while they forgot the famine and the cold. Even long after the famine had ended, people still remembered that night and the finest soup they had ever tasted.