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1There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon;
2and at last all he had in the world was gone, save just leather enough to make one pair of shoes. Then he cut his
3leather out, all ready to make up the next day, meaning to rise early in the morning to his work. His conscience was
4clear and his heart light amidst all his troubles; so he went peaceably to bed, left all his cares to Heaven, and soon
5fell asleep. In the morning after he had said his prayers, he sat himself down to his work; when, to his great wonder,
6there stood the shoes all ready made, upon the table. The good man knew not what to say or think at such an odd thing
7happening. He looked at the workmanship; there was not one false stitch in the whole job; all was so neat and true, that
8it was quite a masterpiece. The same day a customer came in, and the shoes suited him so well that he willingly paid a
9price higher than usual for them; and the poor shoemaker, with the money, bought leather enough to make two pairs more.
10In the evening he cut out the work, and went to bed early, that he might get up and begin betimes next day; but he was
11saved all the trouble, for when he got up in the morning the work was done ready to his hand. Soon in came buyers, who
12paid him handsomely for his goods, so that he bought leather enough for four pair more. He cut out the work again
13overnight and found it done in the morning, as before; and so it went on for some time: what was got ready in the
14evening was always done by daybreak, and the good man soon became thriving and well off again. One evening, about
15Christmas-time, as he and his wife were sitting over the fire chatting together, he said to her, 'I should like to sit
16up and watch tonight, that we may see who it is that comes and does my work for me.' The wife liked the thought; so they
17left a light burning, and hid themselves in a corner of the room, behind a curtain that was hung up there, and watched
18what would happen. As soon as it was midnight, there came in two little naked dwarfs; and they sat themselves upon the
19shoemaker's bench, took up all the work that was cut out, and began to ply with their little fingers, stitching and
20rapping and tapping away at such a rate, that the shoemaker was all wonder, and could not take his eyes off them. And on
21they went, till the job was quite done, and the shoes stood ready for use upon the table. This was long before daybreak;
22and then they bustled away as quick as lightning. The next day the wife said to the shoemaker. 'These little wights have
23made us rich, and we ought to be thankful to them, and do them a good turn if we can. I am quite sorry to see them run
24about as they do; and indeed it is not very decent, for they have nothing upon their backs to keep off the cold. I'll
25tell you what, I will make each of them a shirt, and a coat and waistcoat, and a pair of pantaloons into the bargain;
26and do you make each of them a little pair of shoes.' The thought pleased the good cobbler very much; and one evening,
27when all the things were ready, they laid them on the table, instead of the work that they used to cut out, and then
28went and hid themselves, to watch what the little elves would do. About midnight in they came, dancing and skipping,
29hopped round the room, and then went to sit down to their work as usual; but when they saw the clothes lying for them,
30they laughed and chuckled, and seemed mightily delighted. Then they dressed themselves in the twinkling of an eye, and
31danced and capered and sprang about, as merry as could be; till at last they danced out at the door, and away over the
32green. The good couple saw them no more; but everything went well with them from that time forward, as long as they
33lived.
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