(Adapted from Grimm's Fairy Tales.)
HEN the children begged for a story daddy said: "About a hundred and thirty years ago two brothers by the name of Grimm were born in Germany. They wrote some of the nicest fairy tales ever told. Would you children like to hear one tonight?"
Jack and Evelyn wriggled with joy, and so daddy began: "Once upon a time there lived an old cobbler who worked very hard mending children's shoes. But he could not earn enough money to live on, and at last all he had in the world was gone except just enough leather to make one more pair of shoes. So he cut this leather out, all ready to make up the next morning, and, without knowing where tomorrow's foot was coming from, went to bed with peace in his heart and slept well. The next morning when he went down to his shop try to imagine his surprise when there on his table stood the shoes!"
"Fairies, fairies, daddy!" shouted the children.
"The old cobbler could not imagine how such an odd thing had happened. 