Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The Elves and The Shoemaker Book Synopsis
The Elves and The Shoemaker Book Synopsis
There are variations depending on the rendition of the story. •A poor hardworking
shoemaker and his wife need money to pay the rent. He gives away the last pair of shoes he
has to a needy lady. He has leather to make one more pair of shoes. He cuts out the pieces
of leather before going to bed, so that he can sew them into a pair of shoes in the morning.
Three young, clever and helpful elves come in the night and make the pair of shoes which
he sells for more than his asking price the next day. He uses that money to pay the rent, buy
food and more shoe leather. He feeds a poor traveler. •He has just enough money to buy
enough leather for two pairs of shoes. …
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license
See more