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Whem ernest grew old white hair starts growing on his head and his face have wrinkles....but his thoughts are still young and for this he was famous not only in the valley but also in the other parts of country....One day a poet came to ernest's home and asked him for a nightstay ....ernest happily allowed him for the stay..... when ernest asked who are u the man answered that he was that poet whose poems,ernest was reading...then in evening... the poet and ernest went to that place where ernest daily gives speech .frm that place the great stone face was clearly visible ....at a certain time when there is mist around GSF it looks exactly same as the ernest and the poet proclaimed that the ernest has the same resemblence as the GSF
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Ernest still lived in his native valley. He was simple hearted man. He always worked for the betterment of the world. Though he was considered to be an ordinary man yet he was humble and rich in thoughts. With the passage of time ,Ernest became old. He had wise thoughts in his mind. He had become famous all over the world. Men came from distant places to see and speak to him. A new poet had appeared on earth while Ernest had been growing old. The poet was a native of Ernest's valley but had stayed in distant cities for a long period. The poet had heard of Ernest's character. One day, he came to his door. Ernest was reading a book and glancing lovingly at the mountain from time to time. Ernest gave him shelter for the night. The great stone face looked kindly at the poet. The poet found Ernest ,wise ,gentle and kind.
Ernest used to speak to his neighbours every evening. The poet also accompanied him the poet listened to his talk. He felt that Ernest's life and character were a far nobler kind of poetry than his own poems just then ,the poet saw the great stone face . He declared Ernest as the likeness of the great stone face every body agreed with him. Ernest still hoped that someone wiser and better than himself would appear sometime, bearing a likeness to the great stone face.
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Summary:
The story is about a boy that be called Ernest. In the beginning of this book he was a little boy and lived with his mother in the cottage where he was born.
Ernest was about six years old when his mother told him a legendary story about the Great Stone Face:
The Great Stone Face was a piece of Nature. Rain and wind had cut into the side of a mountain, now it looked like the face of a man. It had a high forehead, a long nose and great lips.
His mom said, the Great Stone Face looks down at the people in the valley.
The face always looked warm and sweet, like the face of an old man who loves all living things. The legendary story said that at some day a man walked down the city who was a look-a-like of the Great Stone Face. So everybody was looking for this man.
The first man the people thought who was the look-a-like of the Great Stone Face, was a shopkeeper. His name was Gathergold. He was a very rich man and he had lots of diamonds and pearls. But after a while the people in the village knew that he wasn’t the man who loves all living things.
The second man the people thought who was the look-a-like of the Great Stone Face, was a general. The people called him Old Blood-and-Thunder. This man had a strong will and a hard face, but not the wisdom and the love of the Great Stone Face. So he also wasn’t the man they were looking for.
The third man the people thought who was the look-a-like of the Great Stone Face, was a great statesman. The people called him Old Stony. But he also wasn’t the man that they were looking for, because he did not have the warm smile.
All the years passed quickly. Ernest became an old and wise man. He read books of a poet. People in the great world, outside the valley, began to know about him. He had different ideas. He was inspired by one thing and that was the Great Stone Face. He told the people of the village some important things. The people where he talked to, saw that Ernest himself was the Great Stone Face. But Ernest was still hoping that some wiser and better man than himself would appear, bearing the likeness of the Great Stone Face.


Most important characters:
The most important character is Ernest.
In the beginning of the book, he was a little boy who lived with his mother in the village where he was born. Further through the story he became a very old and wise man.

Title explanation:
The whole story goes about the Great Stone Face.
The Great Stone Face was a work of Nature. Rain and wind had cut into the side of a mountain, now it looked like the face of a man. It had a high forehead, a long nose and great lips. The Great Stone Face: A big face of stone.

Theme:
The story goes about some kind of love between this legendary story and Ernest.

Time and place of action:
the story is around the year 1900.
The place of action is somewhere in a farmers village in America.


The most fascinating part:
The end of the book was the most fascinating part.
 Ernest was the likeness of the Great Stone Face.

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