The Great Stone Face Summary:

One afternoon, a mother with her son, Ernest, was at the door of their cottage. They were talking about the Great Stone Face. It was clearly visible in the bright sunshine. Thousands of people lived there. Everybody there, was familiar with the Great Stone Face. It was the work of nature. One day the great stone face smiled on Ernest and looked kindly. He wished to hear its pleasant voice. He longed to see a man with such a face in order to love him dearly. There was a man called Gather gold. He had left his native valley many years ago.

He had become quite rich man in a distant seaport. He decided to return to his native valley. There was a rumor that Gathergold looked like the Great Stone Face. Gather gold had the face of an old man with yellow skin. The people considered him the image of the Great Stone Face. Ernest gazed up the valley. The Great Stone Face seemed to reject Gather gold as its likeness.

Ernest had grown up to be a young man. Every day, he would go off by himself and gaze upon the Great Stone Face. He wondered why its likeness was delaying its appearance. By this time Gather gold had become poor and died without establishing his likeness with the Stone Face. Another son of the valley had joined the army as a soldier many years before. He had become a famous commander by then and came to be known as General Blood and Thunder on the battlefield.

In his old age, he desired to return to his valley. The people considered him as the likeness of the Great Stone Face. On his return, he was welcomed warmly. The gathering mistook him as the greatest man of all time. Ernest failed to recognise any likeness between Blood-and-Thunder and the Great Stone Face. His heart assured him that the real face had still to come.