The Elves and the Shoemaker - Luke

Long ago there was a Shoemaker who was very poor and his wife was too. They lived in a village with no money. They only had enough leather to make one pair of shoes. A rich lady came in to buy a pair of shoes. The rich lady bought the pair of shoes and gave him five silver coins. Then he had enough money to buy food and two pieces of leather to make two pairs of shoes. He laid out the leather and went to bed. The Elves came in and set to work. In the morning there were two pairs of lovely fine shoes. A rich man came in and bought the two pairs of lovely shoes. He had enough money to buy four pairs of shoes. He laid out the four pairs of leather and went to bed. That night the Elves came in and set to work. The next morning there were four pairs of lovely shoes. A rich man came in and bought the pairs of shoes. It happened over and over again. They wanted to find out who is making the shoes. They stayed up at night and watched who did it. It was some Elves making the shoes. So they decided to make some clothes for the Elves. They wrapped the presents and put them on the counter then the Elves came in and saw the presents and realized that they were for them. They all lived happy for ever.

Autumn leaves

Autumn leaves
swishing slowly
and softly
in the sky

Autumn Leaves

Awesome autumn
almost winter
an avalanche of amazing apple like colours.

Autumn Leaves

Crunchy leaves
cool and cold
colours carefully causing Autumn

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Autumn -
Colourfully cold carefully
create crispy crunchy sounds.

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Frosty fresh breeze
blowing the falling leaves
from the freezing tree.

Autumn

Chilly frosty coldish days
with red yellow and golden leaves
softly, swishing, spiralling
slowly to the ground.

Autumn!

Leaves glide down as I walk
Great gold leaves
twist and turn
in the grassy garden.

Autumn

Gold glimmering leaves
Sparkling from the great Autumn sun.

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Floating, fun,falling leaves
are fresh and freezing, flying down

Autumn leaves

Frosty, falling leaves
flying from the fresh sky.

Autumn

Autumn
Swirling leaves
Swishing silently down.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Jenna

Once upon a time there was a friendly shoemaker. He was very poor. His wife was starving. They lived in a small village. He looked around his workshop and found there was just enough leather to make one pair of shoes. He cut up the leather and went to bed. In the morning he found a fine pair of shoes. He was very surprised. He showed the shoes to his wife. She was extremely surprised. Later in the day a rich woman came in the shop. She put the shoes on. “They fit perfectly”, said the woman. “I will give you 4 pieces of silver for the shoes”. With 4 pieces of silver he could enough food for his wife and him and enough leather for 2 pairs of shoes. He cut out the leather and went to bed. In the morning he saw there were 2 pairs of fine shoes. A rich man came in the shop. He loved the shoes so much he bought both. So each day rich people came and bought the shoes. Soon the shoemaker and his wife were rich too. This kept on going until one night at dinner time the shoemaker said to his wife “Someone has been making our shoes all this time and we still don’t know who it is.” “Why don’t we stay up and watch” said his wife. After dinner they lit a candle and hid behind the counter. Eventually 2 elves dressed in rags came in. Instantly they set to work. Once they had finished they polished them until they shone in the moonlight. As soon as they finished they left in a hurry. In the morning the shoemaker said to his wife “How can we repay them?” “Well, why don’t you make some little shoes for them and I will knit 2 little caps and some clothes.” So from that day on the shoemaker helped his wife to make all sorts of clothes for the elves. On Christmas Eve everything stood in a neat pile. In came the elves. They looked at each other very surprised when they realized the presents were for them. They took off their old clothes and put on their new ones. As they ran out the door they sang “Oh what handsome boys we are, we will work on shoes no more.”

Autumn breeze

Autumn breeze
Brown bristling leaves
Getting carried by
the bitter breeze.

Autumn Leaves

Autumn leaves

Twisting and twirling
from the great tall towering trees

Autumn Leaves

Swirling swishing leaves slowly

Twist in different shapes in the

Sunny day.

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The crunchy colourful curly leaves float in the breeze!

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Falling leaves slowly flying, fun to play in on the ground.

By Bianca

Autumn leaves

Autumn leaves

Frosty, Freezing leaves

Fun to throw with

Friends.

Autumn

Light leaves

looping living

and lying lonely on the ground.

The Elves and the Shoemaker- Leo

A long time ago there was a very nice shoemaker and his wife. They made very good leather shoes but they were very poor. They lived in a shop with no money or food. They only had enough leather to make one pair of shoes. He cut the leather out and put it on his workbench then went to bed. In the morning he came down to his workbench and saw a really nice pair of shoes. They were polished too. There was a rich lady who came in and brought the pair of shoes for five silver coins. That was enough to buy some food and some leather. He cut the leather out and the same thing happened again every night. He was wondering who was doing it. He and his wife stayed up all night waiting to see who was helping. Then he saw two elves come skipping through the door and go to the work bench. They went straight to work. When they were finished the shoes were shining in the moonlight. Then they rushed away out the door. The shoemaker said “the elves were doing such a great job for us. I think we should make new clothes for them.” The shoemaker’s wife knitted some caps for them while the shoemaker was making some shoes. A few days later they were finished. They wrapped them up for the elves. Later on that night they put them on the workbench. Then the elves walked in and went to the workbench. All they saw was a pile of presents wrapped up. They noticed that they were for them so they unwrapped the presents and they saw nice clothes. They stripped off their rags and put the new clothes on and said to each other that they would never be shoemakers again!

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Rhylei

Along time ago there lived a poor shoemaker and wife. He did not have enough money for food but he had enough leather for one pair of shoes. One evening he laid some leather out on the counter and then went to sleep. In the morning he found nice pair of shoes on the counter. A rich person came to buy the shoes. Then he had some money. He laid more leather on the counter and hid behind the counter. Then by surprise two little Elves came into the shop. The two Elves got to work. So the shoemaker and his wife made some little clothes and wrapped them up. When it was night time and the Elves rushed in instead of finding leather they found presents. They ripped the presents open and put their new clothes on and were never seen again.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Quade

Once upon a time there was a shoemaker and he had a wife and he made shoes. He had no money. One morning he and his wife woke up and saw a pair of shoes. They were amazed a pair of shoes was there. A rich person walked in the shoemaker’s door and she said to the shoemaker “Can I buy those shoes?” “Yes you can,” said the shoemaker. He now had silver. He had leather so he cut out the leather and went to bed. He woke up and he and his wife were amazed that there was 2 pairs of shoes there. Rich people came and bought the shoes. They went to bed and when he woke up he saw another pair of shoes on his desk. The next day he cut out more shoes and went to bed. The same thing happened. He now could by leather for 4 pairs of shoes and he said “who is making these shoes for us?” he and his wife stayed up and hid behind his desk. Finally the door opened and 2 little elves came in the door and started making shoes for the shoemaker. His wife said “let’s make clothes for the elves.” It took a long time until they had made the clothes. When the elves came to make shoesthey saw their presents and opened the presents. They noticed it was clothes. They took off their ragged clothes and put their new clothes on. They sang and said “We don’t make shoes any more.” Everyone was happy.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Aiden

Once upon a time there were two poor people. They could not afford food but they had enough leather to make one pair of shoes. When the shoemaker woke up there was one pair of shoes. A rich woman bought the shoes and paid the shoemaker $100. Then he had enough money to put one meal on the table and to buy more leather. He cut out more shoes and the same thing happened again and again. But one night he stayed up late because he wanted to see who was doing the good work. On Christmas Day the shoemaker and his wife made little clothes and shoes for the little elves. That night the elves came skipping in. When they got to the work bench instead of leather there were presents. They laughed and started opening the presents. They ripped off their old clothes and put on their new ones and zoomed out the door. The little elves were never seen again.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Logan

Once upon a time an old shoemaker and his wonderful wife lived in a cottage. They had no money. All they had was enough leather to make one pair of shoes. The shoemaker cut the leather out and went up to bed. When he woke he found a perfect pair of shiny shoes. The next day a rich lady came in and she gave the shoemaker 5 silver coins. They had enough money to buy some food and enough leather for two pairs of shoes. He cut out the leather and put it on his work bench. The next day he found two more pairs of shiny shoes. He wanted to find out who was making the shoes so he lit a candle and hid behind the work bench. Then two little elves raced in the door. They set to work. They hammered and nailed and they ran out the door again. Then they back the next night. The shoemaker said to his wife that they should make some clothes for the elves. They wrapped the clothes and waited. The elves rushed in the door. They saw the presents and unwrapped them. Then they put on the clothes and the shoes and ran happily away.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Paige

Once upon a time there was a nice shoe maker and his wife. They lived in a village in a shoe shop. They were very poor and could not buy any food. One night he found the last of the leather enough to make one pair of shoes. He slowly cut leather and left it on his table. Then the shoemaker went to bed. When he woke up he walked down stairs. On his table was a fine pair of shoes. He looked at them they had small even stitches. A rich lady walked in the shoe shop and bought them. The shoemaker could buy some food and enough leather to make two pairs of shoes. He slowly cut out the leather and left them on his table. In the morning there were two fine pears of shoes. A rich man looked at the shoes he bought both of the shoes. That happened again and again. The shoemaker wanted know who was doing this. So that night the shoemaker and his wife hid behind a table. Some Elves ran in to the room. They were making a fine pear of shoes. The shoemaker felt so pleased with the Elves for doing a nice job. He said to his wife “Let’s make some clothes for the elves.” The shoemaker’s wife knitted some caps and the shoemaker made some shoes. That night wrapped the presents and left them on his table. The elves jumped into the shoe shop. They looked at the table. They realized that the presents were for them. They ripped the presents open and took off their old clothes and put on their new clothes and ran out of the room and never came back. The shoemaker and his wife were finally rich.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Louie

Once upon a time there was a happy shoemaker. He was poor and couldn’t afford food for himself and his wife. They lived in a village. One day the shoemaker put some leather on the bench. The next morning 2 shiny shoes were on the bench a couple of hours a later a rich lady came and bought the shoes the next day the shoemaker put more leather down. Again the same the thing happened. The man wondered who was making the shoes so one day they put a candle out and waited. 2 elves came in and started making the shoes. The wife said “these elves have been working so long I think they need some clothes.” The wife knitted 2 little t-shirts and the man knitted 2 caps as well then they wrapped the presents and hid behind the bench. 2 elves came in and hopped on the bench wasn’t any leather on the bench there was only presents the elves found out they were for them they ripped the present open. They said we will stop making shoes and danced off singing “we are so handsome “. The wife and the man never ever saw them again.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Aimee

Long, long ago there lived a Shoemaker and his pretty wife. They lived in a small old village but they could not buy any food at all because they were too poor. One night the Shoemaker found the last of his leather and left it on the table where the counter was. Then he went to bed upstairs. In the morning the shoemaker went down to his workshop and on the bench was one pair of some amazing shoes. That day a rich lady came and saw the perfect pair and bough the shoes five gold coins. He got enough money for some food and enough leather to make four pairs of shoes. After he cut the leather for some more shoes, had dinner then went to bed. In the morning he went to his workshop and saw four pairs of perfect shoes on the table. They looked beautiful. That day a rich man came in and saw the four pairs and bought all four pairs of shoes for a gold price. Then it happened over and over again until one night the shoemaker said to his Wife some one is making shoe for as, so we should give them something. Let's see what they look like? That night they had dinner then they lit a candle and took it into the workshop and hid behind the table. There was someone at the door. Some elves came in. They went to the bench and started work. The next day the Wife said to the shoemaker we should give the elves some clothes. The Wife stated to make some caps and the shoemaker made some shoes. Then a couple of days later the Wife made some tiny socks and the shoemaker made some trousers and top. When they finished they wrapped up the presents and put them on the table. That day it was Christmas Eve. Then they hid behind the counter. Three seconds later two elves came sipping onto the table. When they got there, there was no leather on the table but they saw some presents wrapped up. They realized that the presents were for them. They ripped the wrapping paper off, took their old clothes off and put on the new ones and skipped out the door singing happily. The shoemaker found out that the elves would never come back but the shoemaker and his wife still were rich.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Jack

Once upon a time a poor old shoemaker and his wife lived in a village and they didn’t have much money to buy food. One night the shoemaker put some leather on his work bench. That night the shoemaker’s wife said “Let’s stay up tonight.” The wife lit a candle and went to the shop. Just then the door opened and two elves dressed in ragged clothes skipped into the shop and up to the work bench and started work. Then the elves left. The next week before Christmas the shoemaker’s wife said “Let’s make some clothes for the elves. You can make two pairs of shoes for them and I will knit two little caps.” That night they stayed up. Just then the door opened and in skipped the elves. They went to the work bench but this time there was no leather on the bench but there was a pile of presents. The elves noticed that they were for them. Then the elves took off their old clothes and put their new ones on. They said “Oh, what handsome boys we are now we will work on shoes no more.” That was the end of the elves!

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Ella

Once upon a time there lived a poor old shoemaker and his wife. They were very sad because they had no money to buy any food. That night the old shoemaker cut some leather and put it on the table and went to bed. In the morning he went downstairs and he noticed beautiful fine shoes on the bench. That night he cut out 2 pieces of leather then went to bed. In the morning he found 2 pairs of shoes. That night he did the same thing but then he cut out 4 pieces of leather. Then he went to bed. In the morning he found 4 pairs of shoes. That night he said to his wife “How will we see who has been making all of those shoes?” “Well,” said his wife “we can light a candle and hide behind the counter. So that night they hid behind the counter and lit a candle. At midnight 2 elves rushed in the door and started making the shoes. They polished them till they shone in the moonlight. When they had finished the shoes they ran out the door. In the morning the shoemaker said to his wife “those elves have been working so hard how we will repay them?” “Well, I can make them a cap and some clothes and you could make them some shoes.”
Finally the wife had made them some clothes. The shoemaker was extremely proud of the shoes he made. He was so proud of them he wrapped them up and carefully put them on the table. Then the wife and shoemaker went to bed. In the middle of the night the elves came skipping in the door. Instead of leather on the table there was a bunch of presents wrapped up for them! They opened the present with great excitement. When they saw what was in the presents they ripped off their clothes and put on their new suits. Then they skipped out the door singing “Oh what handsome boys we are, we will never make shoes again!” So the wife and the shoemaker were rich and lived happily ever after.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Isabella

Along time ago there was a shoemaker and his wife. They were so poor that they didn’t have anything to eat. The shoemaker only had enough leather for one pair of shoes. So he cut the leather and placed it on the table and went straight up to bed. In the morning there was a beautiful pair of shoes on the table. Then a rich woman came in and bought the shoes. Next the shoemaker put two pairs of leather on the table. He said to his wife we must find out who has made all these shoes for us. His wife had an idea. She said “we’ll hide behind the counter and wait.” So they did and they saw two little elves. In the morning the shoe maker said to his wife we should give the elves some presents. So they started knitting some clothes and wrapped them up. At night the elves came in and saw the presents. They took their clothes off and sang “We’re never going to make shoes again.”

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Grace

Long, long ago in an old village lived a poor old shoe maker and his old but lovely wife. He didn’t have enough money to buy any food for him and his wife so they were sad. The shoe maker only had enough leather to make one pair of shoes. He cut the leather out very carefully and when to bed. He got up and went to his shop and there on his bench was one pair of fine shoes. The shoes had very fine but little stitches and they were polished until they shone in the sun light. That day a very rich lady came to buy some shoes. The shoe maker showed the lady the shoes that he had found on his work bench. The lady tried the shoes on and said they fitted perfectly!!! She gave the old shoe maker 7 pieces of very shiny silver for the shoes. That meant he had enough money to buy leather for two pairs of shoes and food for him and his wife. He cut out the leather as he did before and went to before. When he woke up he found two lovely pair of shoes made perfectly again so he brought more food and enough leather for 4 pairs of shoes. He cut the leather out very carefully and went to bed. The next morning it happened again and a rich man came in and bought the shoes and the shoe maker and his wife were rich. But they still didn’t know how was making the shoes. That night they waited next to the counter and watched. Finally 2 little elves hurried in and set to work making the shoes. When they had finished they quickly ran out. Again the next day the shoe maker said we should make some clothe for the elves because they only had tattered rags and had bare feet. ”You should make some tiny shoes for them” said his wife. So they both set to work making little cloths for the elves. They wrapped the presents neatly. The shoe maker was happy with the shoes. He made sure he saved the little shoes to last to wrap last. When the elves came in they went to the work bench but they only found the little pile of presents. They ripped open the presents and started putting the new cloths on. When they had finished they skipped merrily out the door.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Ben

Once upon a time there was a poor shoe maker and his wife. They lived in a village. One day the shoemaker left some string out in the morning there was a shiny pair of shoes. He went to see his wife. His wife said who would be making such nice shoes. So they came up with a plan. One night they set some leather out and watched. Later some Elves came in and made two pairs of shoes so his wife said “How will we ever pay them back?” “I know” said the shoemaker “we can knit them some clothes.” When they finished they lay them on the work desk. Later the elves came skipping in and saw some presents and ripped them open look said the elves. We got some clothes and they ripped their old clothes of and put their new clothes on and skipped out saying “Oh what handsome boys we are.” The shoemaker never saw the elves again.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Baimon

Once upon a time there lived a poor shoemaker and his wife. They were so poor they didn’t have enough money to buy any food. That evening he found some leather. He cut the piece of leather out and put it on his work bench, then he went to bed. The next morning he looked on his work bench he saw one pair of fine shoes. He was really puzzled. Just then a rich lady came in. The shoemaker showed her the pair of shoes. The lady was impressed. She gave the shoemaker some silver coins. He went out and bought leather for two pairs of fine shoes. That evening he cut out the two pieces of leather and went to bed. The next morning he saw two pairs of fine shoes. A rich merchant came in that afternoon and he bought those shoes. It happened over and over again. So the shoemaker and his wife wondered if they could figure out who made those shiny shoes. He asked his wife if she could help. So she said what if we stay up really late and have a look so we can figure out who really made those pretty shoes. That night he and his wife hid behind the counter. Not long after that he saw two little elves running in the door. They started working then they polished the shoes until they shone into the moonlight. They ran out the door when they finished their work. That night he asked his wife if it would be good if they made some new clothes for the two little elves. The next morning the shoemaker’s wife started knitting some beautiful little clothes. The shoemaker started wrapping the presents. He put them on the bench. The night came at last. The two little elves ran in the door. They climbed up to the work bench. Instead of leather on the bench there was a pile of presents. They knew they were for them so they started opening the presents. When they saw the clothes and the shoes they were so happy that they took their ragged clothes off, put their new clothes on and skipped out the door. The shoemaker and his wife never ever saw the two tiny elves again but always thought of the two tiny elves.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Bianca

Once upon a time there was a very poor shoemaker. He lived in a old shop and he couldn’t buy any food because they did not have any money.
He found some leather and put it on his table. It was the last of his leather. He cut it out ready for the morning. In the morning he woke up and saw one lovely pair of shoes on his table. During the day a rich lady came in to the shop and gave him a few coins for the shoes. He now had enough money for two pairs of shoes and some food. He brought two pieces of leather and cut out some shoes and put them on his table for the night. He woke up in the morning and saw some shiny leather shoes. Another rich person came into the shop and thought what lovely shoe they were. He bought them.
The shoemaker and his wife stayed up late and watched to see who was helping them. At midnight the door opened and in came two little elves. They made two more pairs of shoes then the elves went away.
The next day the shoemaker and his wife decided to make some clothes for the elves. They made clothes for the elves and wrapped them up in wrapping paper and put them on his desk. It was Christmas and they made clothes for the elves to say thank you. The elves came and opened the presents, took their old clothes off and put their new ones on. They ran outside saying, “We will not make shoes again.”

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Darcy

Once upon a time there was a poor shoemaker. The shoemaker and his wife didn’t have enough money to buy any food. One night the shoemaker carefully chopped up some leather and left the leather on his work bench. That night when the shoemaker was asleep little elves snuck into the shop and made really good shoes out of the leather. When the shoemaker woke up he saw the beautiful shoes and wondered who had made them. Then a rich lady came into the shop and saw the beautiful shoes and walked over to them. She said “I will give you six silver coins for those shoes.” So then the shoemaker and his wife had enough to also buy leather to make two pairs of shoes. That night the shoemaker chopped up enough leather to make 2 pairs of shoes. The shoemaker went to bed and when he was in a deep sleep the little elves snuck in again and got to work. In the morning when the shoemaker went downstairs he saw the shoes and he was amazed. Later on a rich merchant walked into the shop and said “I’ll give you lots of money for those shoes.” After the merchant had paid him the shoemaker and his wife were rich. That night they stayed up and they saw the little elves sneak in and get to work. The shoemaker and his wife felt sorry that the elves had to do so much work on the shoes. After the elves had made the shoes and had left the shoemaker’s wife noticed that the elves had raggedy clothes and no shoes so the shoemaker and his wife started making the elves some clothes. The next night when the elves came to make shoes they didn’t see any leather. All they saw were some presents so they ran over to open them and put on the clothes. Then they skipped away and never came back again and the shoemaker and his wife lived happily ever after.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Lochie

Once upon a time there was a shoemaker and his wife. They were very poor and had no money. They had only enough leather to make one pair of shoes. He cut out the shoes and left them on the work bench. That night two elves came into the work shop. They set to work on the shoes and started to hammer and stitch.
In the morning the shoemaker found two perfectly made shoes! That afternoon a rich person came into the shop and bought the shoes. Day after day this kept happening. Soon the shoemaker and his wife were rich too. The shoemaker said “Who is making these perfect shoes? Let’s stay up and see.” One night after dinner they stayed up and watched as the elves came out and set to work hammering and stitching.
In the morning they said “Let’s make proper clothes for them.” The shoemaker made shoes for them. They put the presents on the desk and waited.
The elves came and instead of cut out shoes a pile of presents was on the work bench. When the elves realized the presents were for them they laughed and opened them. When they found the clothes they said “Oh what handsome boys we are. We will work on shoes no more,” and ran off.

The Elves and the Shoemaker - Ruby

Once there was a poor shoemaker who couldn’t put food on the table! One day he picked up the last of his leather and sighed. There was only enough for one pair of shoes. Carefully he cut out the leather and laid it on the table. Then he climbed into bed. In the morning the shoemaker found a pair of shoes all neatly stitched. Soon a rich lady came in and brought the shoes. Then the shoemaker had enough money for leather for two pairs of shoes. The same thing kept on happening again and again. Soon the shoemaker was rich but wondered continuously who made the shoes. Finally the shoemaker came to a decision. That night the shoemaker hid behind the counter and waited. Sure enough the door opened and in skipped two Elves. They zoomed up to the workbench and set to work. Soon on the bench stood some highly polished shoes! When the shoemaker went to bed he started knitting two little caps. By dawn he had two beautiful costumes ready to wrap up. When the clothes were wrapped the shoemaker placed the parcels on the bench and waited. When the elves came instead of finding leather a pile of parcels lay on the bench. They tore open the parcels and stood and stared at the contents. Slowly smiles spread across their faces. Then, tossing aside their rags with glee they whisked on those fine clothes. The elves danced off singing “Oh what fine boys we are.” As the shoemaker climbed the stairs he smiled to himself. Though he never saw the Elves again the shoemaker was very contented.