🥣🪨 Stone Soup

(European Folktale – Easy English Script for Ages 4–6)

🎭 Character Descriptions 

🧑 Traveler
A cheerful person with a travel hat and cloak. They carry a small bag and a shiny round stone.

👩 Villager 1
A careful woman in a blue dress and apron. She peeks out from her door.

👨 Villager 2
A grumpy man with a hat and vest. He holds a carrot but says he has “nothing.”

👧👦 Villagers
Other villagers in plain clothes. They are shy and quiet at first, but kind at heart.

📜 Script 

NARRATOR:
One day, a tired traveler came to a small village.

The people were poor…
and afraid to share what little they had.

🧑 TRAVELER (smiling):
“I will make soup—with just a stone!”

NARRATOR:
The traveler put a pot of water over a fire.
Then—plop!—dropped in a shiny stone.

The villagers watched from their windows.

👩 VILLAGER 1 (whispering):
“Soup from a stone? That’s silly!”

NARRATOR:
The traveler stirred the pot.

🧑 TRAVELER:
“This will be tasty. But a carrot would help…”

NARRATOR:
A woman brought one carrot.

Then the traveler said:
“A potato would make it better.”

NARRATOR:
A boy brought a potato.
Then someone added salt.
Then cabbage… then onions!

NARRATOR:
Soon, the pot was full of bubbling, yummy soup!

Everyone smelled the delicious scent.

NARRATOR:
The traveler smiled and said:

🧑 TRAVELER:
“Stone soup is best…
when everyone shares!”

NARRATOR (ending):
That night, the villagers all ate together.

They laughed, told stories, and felt warm inside.

They learned:
Sharing turns nothing… into something wonderful.

THE END.

📚 Vocabulary 

1. Traveler – a person who goes from place to place

2. Stone – a small rock

3. Soup – warm food made in a pot

4. Share – to give a part of what you have

5. Village – a small town where people live

🗣 Useful Expressions 

1. “I will make soup—with just a stone!” – A clever way to start something from nothing

2. “Soup from a stone? That’s silly!” – Showing surprise and doubt

3. “Sharing turns nothing… into something wonderful.” – The heartwarming message of the story

❓Comprehension Questions 

1. 🎒 Who came to the village one day?

2. 🪨 What did the traveler put in the pot first?

3. 🥕 What did the villagers add to the soup?

4. 🍲 What happened to the soup in the end?

5. 💡 What did the villagers learn about sharing?