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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.
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 his shoes.
On this particular cold
and snowy day,
all he had left in his workroom
was leather enough to make one last pair of shoes.
That evening, Peter
carefully cut up his precious leather
and laid it aside
for morning, when he would sew the pieces 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 work table.
“What magic!”
said Cecilia, his wife,
as they quickly put the shoes
in the shop window
for the holiday shopping season
had just begun.
As luck would have it,
the shoes suited
the finicky Miss Sniggins perfectly
and she paid a generous sum
for the fine fit.
With the money,
Peter bought more leather,
enough
for two more pairs!
That evening,
he once again set to work
cutting his leather,
and 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
on the table.
Customers bought these up quickly too,
for they were masterpieces.
Now Peter could buy
enough leather for four pairs of shoes.
This magical business
went on for some time,
and soon 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 diligently?”
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 the next 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 clothes for each of them.
On Christmas Eve,
instead of leather pieces,
they set the little shoes
and hid themselves again.
At midnight,
the elves popped in
and saw the new fittings.
In a flash, they had them on their little bodies!
They were so happy
that they laughed and laughed
and danced right out of the window
and were never to be seen again.
Peter
continued making shoes
every day, and he and Cecilia lived
a very happy and contented life for evermore.
As did the elves!
Author: Retold by BookBox
Illustrations: Charudatta Prabhu Desai
Music: Holger Jetter
Translation: Avitra
Narration: Rephraserz Media
Animation: BookBox
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28 июл 2018
