It had let them come together to share. In the story, when the monks reached the foot of the mountain, the villagers disappeared into their houses. Next in the story, a brave little girl who had been watching came to them. What are you doing? She asked. We are making stone soup and we need three round smooth stones. Last in the story,at last,the soup was ready. I think at frist they were mad and  when the monks came they brought  happiness. This shows that they were selfish but now they are not because the monks brought them together. This reminds me of the time my sister messed with my car  and I got mad just like the villagers. You just read why the stone soup changed the villagers.