There was once a poor woman with the only son．The boy said he wanted a new coat．The mother left for the market，feeling very sad，because she didn't have enough money to buy a coat·
On the way home，she found a piece of wood and gave it to her son to play with．Later that day, the boy went outside to play．Along the road，he saw an old woman crying．The old woman was trying to start a fire to cook some food，but she didn't have any wood．Hearing that，the boy gave her his piece of wood．The old woman gave him a piece of the bread she had made．
Then，further down the road，the boy met a pot maker's wife and her crying child．The boy asked her what was wrong．The woman said she had no food to give to her hungry child．The boy gave the woman the piece of bread，and she gave him a pot．The boy walked on．
Before long，he saw a husband angry with his wife．He asked the couple what was wrong with them．They said，“We have broken our pot and have nothing to cook food in．''The boy gave his pot to them，and they gave the boy a new coat．
The boy ran home to tell his mother how he had at last got the thing he had wanted．
