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final，salt，stop，hear，water，but，keep，with，reply，villager，so，hungry

A poor traveler arrived at a small village．He had no food or money and was （1）

hungry

hungry

for days．The only thing he had was a cooking pot （锅）．
He made a small cooking fire，put his pot on it，and put in some （2）

water

water

．When a few villagers came and asked what he was doing，he （3）

replied

replied

that he was making stone （石头） soup．He then took out a small round stone and put it into the pot．
When he warmed the soup，the traveler told the （4）

villagers

villagers

the stories of his travels．He tasted his soup and said it was good，but a little （5）

salt

salt

would bring out the flavor （味道）．One villager went into her home and came back （6）

with

with

some salt for the soup．
A few more villagers came to see what was going on when they （7）

heard

heard

the traveler speaking．The traveler told more stories and said that some carrots would make the soup more delicious．（8）

So

So

another villager took some carrots from his home．
The traveler （9）

kept

kept

talking and casually （不经意地） asked for onions，some meat，potatoes to bring out the flavor of the soup．
（10）

Finally

Finally

，the soup was ready and everyone enjoyed the soup made from just a stone，and a few other things．