Have you ever been lost? The man in this story was lost and hungry. He met an old woman who had no food for him, so he played a trick on her. He made soup for them both. He put a stone in the pot, then he got the old woman to put in lots of good food. Series editor and principal author of the Red Rocket Readers program, Pam Holden has more than 40 years' specialist experience and as a Reading Recovery teacher working with children struggling with literacy.