At the beginning of this work, the protagonist goes to collect five rubles only to discover that the man who owes him is not at home, and then is not permitted to buy on credit from a fur dealer.  
At the beginning of this work, the protagonist goes to collect five rubles only to discover that the man who owes him is not at home, and then is not permitted to buy on credit from a fur dealer.  After spending his twenty kopecks on vodka, the protagonist passes a man who is freezing to death on the road and takes him as an apprentice.  The stranger appears to make a mistake by making funeral slippers instead of boots for a nobleman until a message arrives and informs the household that the nobleman has suddenly died.  Later, they meet a woman who cared for twin girls after their father was killed by a tree and their mother died in childbirth.  After learning that the living god is the titular entity, Michael smiles for a third time because he has achieved forgiveness from God for refusing to take a woman's soul and ascends into heaven.  FTP, name this short story about the poor cobbler Simon, a work of Leo Tolstoy.
At the beginning of this work, the protagonist goes to collect five rubles only to discover that the man who owes him is not at home, and then is not permitted to buy on credit from a fur dealer.  
What Men Live By or if someone tries to give the Russian title smack them and demand a translation