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.