Stories of Stone

Wise & Wide is a 6-level English reading program that consists of 60 books and each level is
systematically divided by Lexile Ⓡ measures. The Lexile Ⓡ Framework for Reading is the most popular reading measuring system in American formal education curriculums and many English programs.
Over 20 out of 50 states in the U.S. mark Lexile Ⓡ measures directly on students’ final report cards and over 300 well-known publishers adopt and use Lexile Ⓡ measures.
Experience many kinds of readings written by professional writers from the U.S. and England. They used interesting topics that were carefully chosen after analyzing elementary curriculums from around the world including Korea, the U.S., England, and Australia among many others.

Before Reading

Even nonliving things such as stones can play important roles!
Stones are nonliving things so they are obviously not alive. We can see different kinds of stones around us easily. Sometimes, a stone can be at the center of a story like the one in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Not only in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, but in each story in this book, a stone plays an important role in the conflict between two people and the stone helps solve a problem.
Let’s read two old stories about stones coming from Tibet and Europe and find out what roles the stones play. Also, let’s figure out who solved the problems caused by the stones.

Summary

The Donkey and the Rock

Two poor but good-hearted young men, Tenzin and Dawa lived in a village in Tibet. One day, Tenzin was on his way to sell oil to make money. Then, being tired, he put the oil jar on a rock and fell asleep.
But a loud thud woke him up.
Crash! My goodness! The oil jar was in pieces. Who broke it?

Stone Soup

One cold winter night, a strange man came to visit a farmer’s wife who was waiting for her husband to come back from work. He said he was lost and was freezing to death. He begged her to let him in. She told him that she was too poor to offer him any food. Then, he showed a magic soup stone to her. Being curious, she let him in… What is a magic soup stone?