Rock Soup

The tale

Rock Soup is a folk story told by many names. The story is about an inedible object that is offered in the soup; in our story it is a rock.

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As the water comes to heat with the rock in it, the neighbours, friends and community come together, each bringing an ingredient to help make the soup.

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Individually no one has enough for a meal, but together they create a feast to feed everyone.

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Whether you heard it as nail soup, stone soup, or even axe soup, the message is the same:

Through community and working together, individual misery can be turned into a reason to rally together, and well, eat!