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Sweet Porridge

078-sweet-porridge

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Original
Child Rewrite
original ¶1

There was a poor but good little girl who lived alone with her mother, and they no longer had anything to eat. So the child went into the forest, and there an aged woman met her who was aware of her sorrow, and presented her with a little pot, which when she said, cook, little pot, cook, would cook good, sweet porridge, and when she said, stop, little pot, it ceased to cook. The girl took the pot home to her mother, and now they were freed from their poverty and hunger, and ate sweet porridge as often as they chose. Once on a time when the girl had gone out, her mother said, cook, little pot, cook. And it did cook and she ate till she was satisfied, and then she wanted the pot to stop cooking, but did not know the word. So it went on cooking and the porridge rose over the edge, and still it cooked on until the kitchen and whole house were full, and then the next house, and then the whole street, just as if it wanted to satisfy the hunger of the whole world, and there was the greatest distress, but no one knew how to stop it. At last when only one single house remained, the child came home and just said, stop, little pot, and it stopped and gave up cooking, and whosoever wished to return to the town had to eat his way back.

v3 ¶1

Once upon a time, there was a kind little girl who lived with her mother. They were very poor and had no food at all. The girl went into the forest to find help. An old woman met her there. She saw how sad the girl was and gave her a magic pot. The pot could cook sweet porridge. If the girl said, "Cook, little pot, cook," the porridge would start. If she said, "Stop, little pot," it would stop. The girl took the pot home. Now, she and her mother were happy and full. They ate sweet porridge whenever they wanted. One day, the girl went out. Her mother was alone in the house. She was hungry, so she said, "Cook, little pot, cook." The pot began to make porridge. It smelled so good! The mother ate and ate until she was very full. Then, she wanted the pot to stop. But she forgot the magic word.

original

 

v3 ¶2

The hot porridge kept rising. It filled the kitchen, then the whole house. Soon it filled the next house, and then the whole street! It was like the pot wanted to feed everyone in the world. It was a big mess, but nobody knew how to stop it. Finally, when only one house was left, the child came home. She just said, "Stop, little pot!" The pot stopped cooking at once. To get back to the town, everyone had to eat their way back through the yummy porridge.

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