Making the stone soup changed the villagers because they all sat together laughed and had a good time together for the first time. In the story it says that the villagers worked very hard but only for themselves. In the story it also says that the villagers were not only friends when the stone soup was made they were also friends when they were making the stone soup because they brought plenty of the ingredients that they needed for the stone soup and shared, then they started to trust each other a little bit better. The author said that the villagers had been through so many wars ,fights and other types of bad things that they felt that everytime they would trust somebody they would be failing them. The author also said that after the villagers ate the stone soup they had even more fun by telling interesting stories that happend to them. In the story it says that all of the villagers brought as many ingredients as they could from home but they all enjoyed them. This shows that it does't take much to get the villagers together. Also in the story, it says that the villagers are really nice people if you get really close to them without doing anything bad to them. The author said that the room got filled with stem and thats when the villagers made really good friends and could trust each other again. This reminds me of when me and my cousin were fighting but on thanks giving we could trust each other just like when the villagers could't trust each other but when they ate the stone soup they could trust each other. In the story it says that when the villagers were eating the stone soup together they had the gift of trusting and happiness. In the story it also says that when they ate the stone soup the villagers were like a happy trusting loving faimy. The author said that at the end of the story the villagers went into thier homes and invited the monks into their houses. Thats how the stone soup changed the villagers.