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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 262844" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Afinal quick word on the subject of teaching poverty and relativity - I tell my children stories but I also SHOW them stories. Do you know the story of Stone Soup? It is one of the Storyteller stories (the Jim Henson ones). </p><p>In summary, a wanderer knocks at the door of a miser's hut on a cold winters night. The wanderer wants a bed for the night, some food and some shelter. The miser is infamous for never giving away anything.</p><p>The beggar says he wants nothing, but will in fact provide the meal. All he needs is a pot to make his soup in, because he has a magic stone which makes soup out of plain water.</p><p>The miser likes the sound of getting something for nothing. He lends the pot (grumbling about wear and tear on his utensils) and the water. Over the evening, the beggar asks for a bit of seasoning. Then any vegetable scraps (carrot peels, beetroot tops, an old potato perhaps). A ham bone to stir it with. You get the picture - and the smooth round stone in the pot is working its magic on the miser; he wants the stone. He covets the stone. The soup is served, the miser is impressed. Now he MUST have the stone and he barters away his bed for the night, in exchange for the stone.</p><p></p><p>Next morning the beggar leaves, a full stomach at the miser's expense, a good rest in a warm soft bed and even some newer clothes than the ones he'd been wearing. All in exchange for the stone he used to make soup. The miser waves him off then hurries back into his cottage to make more soup. Once the door is shut, the beggar-no-longer stoops to the garden and picks up another stone... and walks away along the road, to his next destination...</p><p></p><p>easy child 2/difficult child 2 makes stone soup. She has learnt the cooking principles and uses them, but also has learnt the underlying message - you make do with what you can put together with what you have, and you "sell" it to whoever you need to, yourself first and foremost.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 262844, member: 1991"] Afinal quick word on the subject of teaching poverty and relativity - I tell my children stories but I also SHOW them stories. Do you know the story of Stone Soup? It is one of the Storyteller stories (the Jim Henson ones). In summary, a wanderer knocks at the door of a miser's hut on a cold winters night. The wanderer wants a bed for the night, some food and some shelter. The miser is infamous for never giving away anything. The beggar says he wants nothing, but will in fact provide the meal. All he needs is a pot to make his soup in, because he has a magic stone which makes soup out of plain water. The miser likes the sound of getting something for nothing. He lends the pot (grumbling about wear and tear on his utensils) and the water. Over the evening, the beggar asks for a bit of seasoning. Then any vegetable scraps (carrot peels, beetroot tops, an old potato perhaps). A ham bone to stir it with. You get the picture - and the smooth round stone in the pot is working its magic on the miser; he wants the stone. He covets the stone. The soup is served, the miser is impressed. Now he MUST have the stone and he barters away his bed for the night, in exchange for the stone. Next morning the beggar leaves, a full stomach at the miser's expense, a good rest in a warm soft bed and even some newer clothes than the ones he'd been wearing. All in exchange for the stone he used to make soup. The miser waves him off then hurries back into his cottage to make more soup. Once the door is shut, the beggar-no-longer stoops to the garden and picks up another stone... and walks away along the road, to his next destination... easy child 2/difficult child 2 makes stone soup. She has learnt the cooking principles and uses them, but also has learnt the underlying message - you make do with what you can put together with what you have, and you "sell" it to whoever you need to, yourself first and foremost. Marg [/QUOTE]
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