ONE very stormy day a poor man came to
a rich man's house to beg.
"Away with you!" said the servants;
"do
not come here troubling us."
Then said the man, "Only let me come in,
and dry my clothes at your fire." This, the
servants thought, would not cost them any-
thing; so they let him come in.
The poor man then asked the cook to let
him have a pan, so that he could make some
stone broth.
"Stone broth!" said the cook. "I
should
like to see how you can make broth out of a
stone;" so she gave him a pan. The man
filled it with water from the pump, and then
put into it a stone from the road. "But you
must have some salt," said the cook; and she
gave him some salt, and some peas, some
mint, and thyme, and at last she brought him
all the scraps of meat she could find, so that
the poor man's broth made him a good dinner.
You see from this fable that if you only
try long enough, and are cheerful, making
the best of what you have, you may at last
get what you want.
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