The "[[stone soup]]" [[fable]], a popular children's tale is about a peddler who is able to cheat a landowner out of a meal by claiming he can make soup from a stone. In the popular version, he keeps tasting the soup and claiming "it would be better if you added more ingredients" until the landowner has added enough ingredients to make a nourishing meal.
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The "stone soup" [[fable]], a popular children's tale is about a peddler who is able to cheat a landowner out of a meal by claiming he can make soup from a stone. In the popular version, he keeps tasting the soup and claiming "it would be better if you added more ingredients" until the landowner has added enough ingredients to make a nourishing meal.