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!