Stone Soup (Supplementary)

Unit 3 – Supplementary

Stone Soup

One day, a traveller came into a village. He was very tired and hungry from his journey. The village was dark. No one was in the streets. It seemed an unhappy place.

The traveller stopped at the first house and knocked on the door.
A woman opened the door.
“Who are you?” the woman asked the traveller.
“I am a tired and hungry traveller,” he said. “Please, may I have something to eat?”
“There is no food here,” said the woman. “You will not find anyone with extra food to give. We are all poor and hungry too.” And the woman closed the door.

The traveller, however, had a plan. He picked a large, round stone from the ground and knocked once more at the door. The lady came to the door again.
“Yes?” she asked opening the door halfway.
“Would you like to have some of my stone soup? This stone will make very good soup!”
“Stone soup?” the woman laughed. “You can’t make soup from a stone!”
“I’ve done it before, and it can be very tasty,” replied the traveller.

The woman had never seen or heard anything like it but she was hungry too. She let him in. Then she lit the fire and placed a pot of water on top. The traveller placed the stone inside the water. The water boiled. He sipped a spoonful of hot liquid.
“It’s almost ready,” he said. “But if you had just a little salt and butter, the soup would taste much better!”

The woman went to the cupboard and returned with salt and butter. The traveller added them to the pot. Just then, the woman’s husband came home. He had onions and potatoes in a bag.
“What are you making?” asked the woman’s husband.
“Stone soup!” replied the woman and the traveller.
“Impossible!” said the husband.

“It’s almost finished,” the traveller said as he tasted another spoonful. “But it would be even nicer if we added some onions and potatoes.”
The husband agreed. They washed and cut the onions and potatoes and dropped them into the pot!

Soon, the smell of the soup drifted out of the house windows and down the street. One neighbour followed the smell all the way to the house, where he heard them talking about the stone soup.

“Is the stone soup ready now?” the woman and her husband asked the traveller.
“Yes, but it would be even better if we had some carrots and beans!” he replied.
“I have some,” yelled the neighbour who was watching from the window.
The neighbour, wanted to taste the stone soup, returned with carrots and beans. He put them into the pot.

The news about a traveller making soup out of a single stone brought many villagers out of their homes. They followed the delicious smell.
“Is the stone soup ready now?” asked the villagers when they arrived.
“Yes, but I remember having stone soup with chicken once,” he replied.
“I have chicken,” said a farmer who ran home to get some. The farmer returned and placed pieces of chicken into the pot.

After letting the soup boil, the traveller lifted the spoon to taste it.
“Perfect!” he exclaimed. Then, he served a bowl of stone soup to every villager to taste.
“It’s magic!” the villagers cried out, seeing how much soup he had made.
“Delicious!” cried out another villager. “But where can we get a magic stone? Surely this one has been used up.”

The traveller shook his head and pulled the stone out of the pot. The stone was still whole! The villagers realized that the delicious and plentiful soup did not come from the stone.

The traveller drank the leftover soup and went on his journey. At last, from that day on, the villagers shared what they had with each other. And the village became a happy place.

A. Answer the following questions.

1. Why didn’t the woman give the traveller any food?
2. What was added to the stone soup?
3. Why did the villagers come out of their homes?
4. Was the soup really made of stone? How do you know?
5. How did the village become a happy place?

B. Choose the correct option.

1. When the traveller started to make the soup, the villagers
   a. yelled at him b. laughed at him c. gave him what he asked d. appreciated him

2. What is the villagers’ problem in the story?
   a. They do not have enough food b. they do not like to work
   c. They are not friendly with each other d. they won’t accept strangers

3. The last ingredient added to the soup was
   a. Potato b. carrot c. chicken d. beans

4. The traveller taught the villagers how to
   a. Make soup b. share c. play d. work

C. Identify the character / speaker.

1. “There is no food here.”
2. “What are you making?”
3. “I have chicken.”
4. “Perfect!”

PROJECT

Discuss in group. Prepare a skit using the cues. Enact in the class.

Characters: Narrator, Traveller, Woman, Her Husband, Villager 1, Villager 2, etc.

Narrator: Once upon a time, there was a traveller. He was very hungry but he had no food. He came to a village and knocked at a door. A woman came
Traveller: I am very tired and I’m very hungry -------------------
Woman: There is no food. -------------------------

CONNECTING TO SELF

Look at the pictures and read the given information.

D. Look at the table carefully. Then complete the points below.

1. The paddy plants are given manure after ___.
2. The plants take _______ days in ripening phase.
3. It takes 10 days to _______ the rice.
4. The rice grains have to be _______ and then stored.
5. We ___ the grains for _____ days before boiling.

E. Talk in groups. Then share your thoughts with the class.

• Do you usually eat all the food served to you? If not, what are the reasons? When you eat lunch at school, which are the dishes you don't eat or waste?
• Why do you avoid certain food items?
• Can you think of ways to reduce the amount of food wasted in your school?
• Have you seen or known anyone in need of food? Have you helped them? How?
• Take a pledge in your group not to waste food.

STEPS TO SUCCESS

1. Four of the following five are alike in certain ways and so form a group.
   Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
   a) Garlic b) Sesame c) Mustard d) Olive e) Corn

2. In a certain code language if KBOVBSZ is the code word for JANUARY, what is the code word for OCTOBER?
   a) PDUBCFS b) PDUPCFS c) BDUPCFB d) PDUPCFM

LEARNING LINKS AND REFERENCES

E-links
- http://www.tnhorticulture.tn.gov.in/horti/spices
- http://www.indianspices.com/

Books
- Vegetables – Choudhury, NBT
- Spices and Condiments – Krishna Deva, NBT

ICT Corner – Spices

Experience the life of spices by playing the game.

Procedure

1. Scan the QR code. It will go to a website.
2. You can see a link for the software / application.
3. Click the link to download the software / application.
4. Open the game and you can move the spices by using the pointers.
5. Like this you can find more games on spices; locate the appropriate one and use it.

Steps to install the game

Step – 1 Type the word, ‘spices’ in the search bar of the Android play store
Step – 2 Install the game and start to play it using the pointers
Step – 3 You can install similar such applications from play store

Language Activity

Share your views about the spices with your friend after playing this spices game.

Texts for Listening

Unit – I

Flash news of an escaped monkey
At 10 a.m today, a monkey escaped from the zoo. The zoo keeper was entering the cage to feed the animal when he saw it breaking through the fence. Quickly, he rang up the police station to report the escape. If you see the monkey you must inform the police on the following number. 180345778

Unit – II

Nandhu and the Lamp
One morning, as Nandhu was walking to school, a big truck went past him. The truck went over a bump in the road and a box fell down. The box broke open. The truck kept going and was soon gone. Out of the broken box there fell a small brass lamp. It looked just like the magic lamp that was drawn in Nandhu’s storybook. It was small and made of brass. It had a handle and a cover. Nandhu wondered if this was a magic lamp too. He decided to take it home and try it out.
“Where did you get it?” said his mother, “It looks like a lamp.”
“It fell off a truck. Is it a magic lamp? It looks just like the one in the book,” said Nandhu. As he wiped the lamp, Nandhu noticed a small button on the side. When he pressed it a bright blue light came on and lit the whole room.

Unit – III

Spices
Red peppers have a lot of vitamin C which helps the body fight infections. Paprika (red chilli powder) made from red peppers has more vitamin C than even lemon juice. Only you cannot eat too much of it!

To get 1 pound (450 g) of dry saffron (kungumapoo in Tamil) it requires up to 75,000 flowers and 20 hours of labour. That is why it is so expensive.

Mints are not only given at the end of a meal in restaurants to help refresh your breath, but herbs like peppermint help settle nausea and upset stomach.

Practice Practice Exercises

1. Why didn’t the woman give the traveller any food?

2. What was added to the stone soup?

3. Why did the villagers come out of their homes?

4. Was the soup really made of stone? How do you know?

5. How did the village become a happy place?

1. When the traveller started to make the soup, the villagers

3. The last ingredient added to the soup was

4. The traveller taught the villages how to

1. There is no food here.

2. What are you making?

3. I have chicken.

4. Perfect

Traveller : I am very tired and I’m very hungry

Woman : There is no food

1. The paddy plants are given manure after

2. The plants take days in ripening phase.

3. It takes 10 days to the rice.

4. The rice grains have to be and then stored.

5. We the grains for days before boiling.

1. Do you usually eat all the food served to you? If not, what are the reasons? When do you eat lunch at school, which are the dishes you don't eat or waste?

2. Why do you avoid certain food items?

3. Can you think of ways to reduce the amount of food wasted in your school?

4. Have you seen or known anyone in need of food? Have you helped them? How?

5. Take a pledge in your group not to waste food.

a) Garlic, b) Sesame, c) Mustard, d) Olive, e) Corn

a) PDUBCFS, b) PDUPCFS, c) BDUPCFB, d) PDUPCFM