D. H. Howe

A man and his wife that live in a country ,work in a rice farm. They have a son . he wants to go out the country, and then he starts to work in a ship . he become a rich man after a few years. He come back to his hometown, but he pretends not knows his mother because she wears worn clothes . So, his mother shouted "everything on the ship will be stone". However, that end of the ship has a small mirror. When mother said the magic word, mirror reflects the magic word to mother. Mother on spot became stone . however, he didn't know his mother become stone . when he come back his country . he saw his mother stone . he got shocked and mad. Every day he stayed with his mother . then he become stone too… (meer)