
The shoemaker helped the lady to wear the shoe. One of the rich lady noticed the shoes and visited to try them. He immediately took the shoe pieces and kept them on the showcase. He called his wife and she thanked God and the person who stitched the shoes. The next morning when he entered the room he was surprised that the leather he cut now has taken the shape of the shoe which was so beautiful and nicely stitched. So he left the leather pieces and went to sleep. That day when he sat for work, he cut the leathers and on thinking so much he couldn’t work. The shoemaker said, “I only had money to buy leather” His wife asked, “why only leather where is food? ” One day the shoemaker went to the market to buy food and leather but he only brought leather. He became so poor that he hardly has food to eat. Once there lived a shoemaker in the town.Īs time was passing the shoemaker was running out of money. As well, you can sign up for our emails so that you will always know what new content is coming out and when.Here’s a short story on The Elves and the Shoemaker Moral Lesson where two elves come at night and stich the shoes. If you enjoyed our story today, then it may be a good idea to take a look at our other fairy tales in English. It’s our goal to always have something new and exciting to see and learn on the Learner’s Nook. Mastering these phrases not only help you understand what is happening in the story, but also make you a better storyteller. Most of these are very general time phrases that use the most basic time words (morning, day, night). In our story, you can see time words or phrases like these: Time words are used in English to help us determine when something is happening. From there, you can introduce other comparisons like faster than, stronger than, smarter than, etc. Starting with A is better than B can be a great place to begin making your child familiar with this kind of sentence pattern. It shows us how we can use the formula: A is/are (comparison) than B. In this story, we see two examples of comparisons used.īoth of these examples use better than to compare shoes. A lot of the problems stem from being unfamiliar with the sentence patterns that we use to compare two things. Many children learning English struggle with comparisons. There are always a ton of different lessons that you could spin out of a story, but here are the two that stood out the most to us. Here are some lesson ideas that you could teach using this story. They hide in the room and watch for the elves again.įrom that day on, the old man and his wife leave gifts every night for the elves. That night, they wrap their gifts and leave them on the table. The old man and his wife decide to make gifts for the elves because they have helped them so much! Together, they make the most beautiful leather shoes. The elves laugh and joke while they work. So, they hide in the workshop and watch their worktable.Īt midnight, two little elves appear and begin to make the shoes. They want to see who is making the shoes for them. One night, the old man and his wife come up with a plan. Soon, the old man and his wife have enough money to live comfortably. The old man continues to leave out leather every night.Īnd every morning, he finds new shoes already made for him. They are better than even the first pair of shoes. He plans on finishing them the next morning.īut, the next morning, he finds them already done again! That night, he cuts out the leather for the two shoes and leaves them on the table. With that money, the old man buys enough leather to make two more shoes. That day, a man comes into the shop and buys the shoes for lots of money. They are better than even the most expensive shoes.

However, he finds that the shoes are already done!

In the morning, he comes downstairs to finish the shoes.

So, he leaves the cut leather on his table and goes to bed. He only has one more piece of leather, enough for one pair of shoes. One day, the old man finds that he has no more money. They work very hard, but they are still poor. In a small town lives an old man and an old woman. Please note that you can click on the hyperlinked words in our story to go to a dictionary where you can see definitions for these words.
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