Making stone changed  the villagers by helping the  strangers make the stone soup. In the story, the author said when the monks reached the foot of the mountain, the village disappeared into their house. Also in the story it says a brave little girl who had been watching came to them.  Also in the story, it says the little girl ran home. As she started to take a pot her mother asked what she was doing. Then the villagers started to bring spices and other food. Lastly in the story it says  the village and the strangers  became friends and were not scared of each other.  Then they started  to celebrate . The villagers gave  the monks  a place to sleep. This shows that at the beginning of the story the villages were  suspicious of the strangers  and their nieghbors.  This reminds me of  when  me and  my  family   moved   and  I was  shy and did not trust anyone.