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This is a story of The Elves and the Shoemaker.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A shoemaker<\/a>, by no fault of his own, had become so poor. At last he had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes. So in the evening, he cut out the shoes which he wished to begin to make the next morning. As he had a good conscience, he lay down quietly in his bed, commended himself to God, and fell asleep. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the morning, he said his prayers. He was just going to sit down to work, the two shoes stood quite finished on his table. He was astounded and did not knew what to say to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He took the shoes in his hand to examine them more closely. They were so neatly sewn that not a stitch was out of place. They and were as good as the work of a master-hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon after a purchaser came in, and as he was much pleased with the shoes, he paid more than the ordinary price for them, so that the shoemaker was able to buy leather for two pairs with the money.<\/span><\/p>\n

He cut them out in the evening, and next day, with fresh courage was about to go to work; but he had no need to, for when he got up, the shoes were finished, and buyers were not lacking. These gave him so much money that he was able to buy leather for four pairs of shoes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Early next morning he found the four pairs finished, and so it went on; what he cut out at evening was finished in the morning, so that he was soon again in comfortable circumstances, and became a well-to-do man.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now it befell that one evening not long before Christmas, when the man had been cutting out, he said to his wife, before going to bed, “What think you if we were to stay up to-night to see who it is that lends us this helping hand?” The woman liked the idea, and lighted a candle, and then they hid themselves in a corner of the room, behind some clothes which were hanging up there, and watched. <\/span><\/div>\n
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When it was midnight, two pretty little men came. They sat down by the shoemaker’s table and took all the work which was cut out before them and began to stitch, and sew, and hammer so skillfully and so quickly with their little fingers that the shoemaker could not turn away his eyes for astonishment. They did not stop until all was done, and stood finished on the table, and they ran quickly away.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The next day the wife said: \u201cThe little men have made us rich, and we ought to show our gratitude. They don not have any warm cloths, and must freeze with cold. Now I will make them little shirts, coats, waistcoats, and hose, and will even knit them stout stockings, and you shall make them each a pair of shoes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The husband agreed. At evening, when they had everything ready, they laid out the presents on the table. They hid themselves to see how the little men would behave.<\/span><\/p>\n

At midnight they came skipping in, and were about to set to work; but, instead of the leather ready cut out, they found the charming little clothes<\/span>, they were at first astonished, and then they showed intense delight. They dressed themselves with the greatest rapidity, putting the pretty clothes on, and singing,<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Now we are boys so fine to see,<\/span>
\nWhy should we longer cobblers be?”<\/span><\/p>\n

Then they danced and skipped and leapt over chairs and benches. At last they danced out of doors. From that time forth they came no more, but as long as the shoemaker lived all went well with him, and all his undertakings prospered.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also read:<\/span>Three Friends and a Bag of Gold<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a story of The Elves and the Shoemaker. A shoemaker, by no fault of his own, had become so poor. At last he had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes. So in the evening, he cut out the shoes which he wished to begin to make the next morning. As…<\/p>\n

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