: After her grandmother passed, the rooster was the only item she wanted. It now sits in her own kitchen as a reminder of being loved through "good food and a warm smile". The Legend of "Spoons Giving Birth"

: Although it was breakable, her grandmother always let her play with it, teaching her that people and joy are more important than "things".

: Thinking the joke was over, she opened her final large gift to find another four sets .

: Hidden at the bottom of her stocking were two more, bringing her total to ten new sets of measuring spoons.

A classic piece of folklore from the legendary town of Chelm (a "village of fools") uses spoons to tell a story about wit and greed.