Cody, want to hear a story?
Yes, I do.
Can I please help tell it, too?
Yes.
Listen close.
Let's imagine and rhyme.
It's Cocomelon Storytime.
I can't wait to try this new recipe.
Can I help you make it, Daddy?
Of course.
Let's work together.
Could you hand me that small pot?
Can we use this big pot instead?
We're going to have a lot of food if we use that one.
But then we'll have enough to share.
That's very thoughtful of you, Cody.
You know, that reminds me of an old folk tale they tell in Portugal.
It's called Stone Soup.
There once was a traveler named Amalia, who had journeyed over mighty mountains, across wide rivers and through many, many towns.
All the while, she pushed her squeaky old cart in front of her.
Squeak, squeak.
As the cart moved, it clattered a lot, for it was stacked high with bowls, spoons, and a pot.
Why did she have all that cooking stuff?
Well, Amalia loved to cook, and she loved meeting new friends wherever she traveled to.
Sharing meals is a great way to bring people together.
Like when JJ and his family come over for dinner sometimes?
Exactly.
One day, Amalia rolled into a new town, her pots and pans clinking and clanging as her cart squeaked along.
And she called out, hello, is there anyone there?
I'd love to make a meal to share.
But nobody answered.
In fact, Amalia realized nobody was outside.
She walked and walked until finally she saw a little boy.
He skipped by carrying a big jar of olives that sloshed with every step.
Slosh, slosh.
Hola, hello, she said to the little boy.
Dinner time is almost here, but the streets are completely clear.
I want to make a meal to share, but I don't see anyone anywhere.
That's because everyone has their own dinner they eat in their own homes.
Nobody's outside because everyone has what they need inside.
They might have what they needed when it came to their meal, but Amalia knew coming together could change how they feel.
See, Amalia knew from visiting all sorts of places and eating all sorts of food with all sorts of faces, that sharing can be really fun.
Then she had an idea, a really good one.
What was it?
She filled up her biggest pot with water.
Then she picked up a great big stone, cleaned it off, and dropped it into the pot.
A stone?
Why?
You'll see.
As the water bubbled and got really hot, she took out a spoon and banged on the pot.
And you know what happened?
The villagers came outside to see what was going on.
Amalia announced, Gather round!
I'm making sopa de pedra!
And when it's done, there will be enough for everyone!
Sopa de... water?
Amalia was speaking Portuguese.
In Portuguese, sopa de pedra means stone soup.
Oh, that's why she dropped the stone in the pot.
Yes.
The villagers had never heard of stone soup, sopa de pedra, before.
They watched Amalia taste it.
It's almost ready.
It's just missing one little thing.
A curious rabbit hopped over and asked, Is the soup missing carrots?
Amalia smiled and said, Hmm, that could be it.
Well, carrots is something I've got.
So he hopped home and got him to throw in the pot.
Drop in the carrots to add a new flavor.
Mix it together and there's more to savor.
But when Amalia gave the soup another sip, she announced something else was missing.
What was it?
Well, a goat thought it might be his red beans.
So he trotted home to get them.
Drop in the red beans to add a new flavor.
Mix it together and there's more to savor.
The soup still wasn't ready.
Not until after the poodle added his oodles of noodles that the soup was ready.
Plop, plop, plop.
Poodle with oodles of noodles?
That's silly.
Since all the villagers added their own flavors, there was so much soup to savor.
She filled the bowls of everyone in the town and everyone loved it.
The sopa de pedra had some flavors that were familiar and others that were brand new.
There was something in it for everyone.
The village was filled with their happy chatter.
Oh, your carrots are so sweet.
I'm so glad we got to meet.
The red beans make it so much better.
Let's have dinner again together.
Eating with neighbors is a fun thing to do.
Amalia, this is all thanks to you.
Yummy.
Hooray for stone soup.
Wait, but Daddy, what about the stone?
That's a great question, Cody.
Amalia took it out of the pot.
The soup wasn't special because of the stone.
It was special because everyone made it and ate it. ate it together.
The end.
Hey, Daddy, can we invite JJ's family over for dinner?
We can just add more stuff to the pot.
It'll give it more flavor.
And then there will be enough for everyone to savor.
I love that idea, Cody.
We heard a story.
Yes, it's true.
Listened, imagined, and made some rhymes for Cocomelon Storytime!
A Spotify original podcast produced by Moodbug Entertainment.
