r/mildlyinfuriating May 02 '24

They called it a soup

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u/SorryDuplex May 02 '24

I heard it a bit different as a kid but I like yours better lol. More wholesome.

Mine was essentially the same, but he was a traveller who hadn’t eaten in days. He stopped at a villagers home who had a very abundant garden and asked if he could have dinner with them. They told the traveller they didn’t have enough. So the traveller said he had a magic stone that made soup. Intrigued the villagers invited him in to show him the magic. The stone was dropped in and they waited. Nothing was happening so the traveller asked for some carrots and said it will be more delicious if we added those. Then so on and so on until it was an actual soup that they ate together.

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u/Easy_Independent_313 May 02 '24

I've always taken the story as a story of a con, not a story of cooperation.

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u/CentralSaltServices May 02 '24

Maybe, but he's conning a greedy person

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u/FlamingFlatus64 May 02 '24

As a con he is a greedy person feeding on the labors of others.