Bone Button BorschtOn a dark winter's night, a ragged beggar dreams of a warm hearth and a delicious meal --- and sets out to find just that. In this retelling of the classic folk tale ?Stone Soup,? a stranger teaches the poor villagers what can be accomplished with a few buttons and a little cooperation. |
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asked the beggar asked the shamas AUBREY DAVIS DUŠAN beggar left better bitter cold blazing fireplace BONE BUTTON BORSCHT borscht from buttons bowl and cup bowls of borscht bubbling cabbage called the beggar chopped cried dance dark winter's night DAVIS DUŠAN PETRIČIĆ door and knocked eat another bite face appeared frosty window give going to hurt grabbed host was saying hot borscht houses slowly took jug of wine ladle laughed the beggar Leah little beggar hobbled little food loaded with bowls lonely road looked Mendel miracle night a ragged noodle pudding pickle juice PLUNK poor starving beggar ragged little beggar replied the beggar roast chicken saw a blazing scoffed shadowy houses slowly Shalom aleichem slowly took shape SLURP small shadowy houses snowy and bitter stirred Suddenly he spotted synagogue table loaded Tchk townsfolk walked downhill warm and rosy watercolor What's he going What's it going wooden spoon