A poor cobbler and his wife worked very hard but could never earn enough to live comfortably. Watch how two little elves come to their rescue.
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The Elves
and the Shoemaker
Retold by BookBox
Although Peter Schumaker
worked hard and was kind to
everyone in the village,
he could never earn enough
money making shoes.
On this particularly
cold and snowy day,
all he had left in his workroom
was enough leather to make
one last pair
of shoes.
That evening, Peter carefully cut up his
precious leather
and laid it aside for the morning,
when he would sew them
together.
The sun rose
the next morning
and Peter was ready
to start work,
but to his great surprise
an exquisitely crafted pair of shoes
sat on his worktable.
“What magic!”
said Cecilia, his wife.
They quickly put the shoes
in the shop window,
for the holiday
shopping season had just begun.
As luck would have it,
the shoes fitted the finicky
Mrs. Sniggins perfectly,
and she paid a generous sum
for the fine fit.
With the money,
Peter went to buy more leather,
enough for two more pairs.
That evening,
he once again set to work
cutting his leather,
and he left the pieces
on the table
when he went to bed.
Hoping for a good design,
he fell asleep dreaming of shoes.
When he awoke
early the next morning,
he again found two finely
crafted pairs of shoes
before his eyes.
Customers bought these up
quickly,
for they were masterpieces.
Now Peter could buy enough leather
for four pairs of shoes.
This magical business
went on for some time,
and Schumaker’s name
became well-known
for the finest shoes in town.
These days,
life was much better
for Peter and Cecilia.
One day Cecilia said,
“I wonder who has
been helping us so much?”
Peter announced:
“Tonight, we will hide
in the workshop and see
what goes on there!”
And so they did.
At exactly midnight,
two tiny elves
tiptoed in
and began to work,
swiftly making
the fine shoes.
They were shabbily dressed
and weren’t even wearing
shoes themselves.
Before daybreak,
they had already dashed off,
leaving several pairs of shoes
ready for
sale that day.
Peter and Cecilia
were grateful
to these little elves,
and worried about them
working so hard
in such cold weather.
So Peter set to work
making two
tiny pairs of shoes,
and Cecilia stitched
two warm sets of clothing
for each of them.
On Christmas Eve,
instead of leather pieces,
they set the little shoes
and clothes out
and hid themselves again.
At midnight,
the elves popped in
and saw
the new clothes.
In a flash,
they had them on their little bodies!
They were so happy that
they laughed and chuckled,
and danced right out
the window,
never to be seen again.
Peter continued making shoes
everyday,
and he and Cecilia
lived a very happy
and contented life for many years.
As did the elves!
Music : Holger Jetter
Illustration : Charudatta Prabhu Desai
Animation : BookBox
Translation & Narration : Hella Maria Vierus, for Add My Language, a volunteer driven activity at BookBox. To know more email: addmylanguage@bookbox.com
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