The Soup and the Cook

Lentils and chickpeas and beans are boiling in their pot – on the fire. The cook sees the boiling. The cook - a cook who is not a chickpea, not a lentil, not a soup pot – picks up my spoon stirs the soup in the little pot. Tastes – carefully - the thick broth from the spoon: - You must not be raw! - You must not stick to the bottom! - You must not burn! ...