the clever shoemaker this is the story
of a poor shoemaker who used to stay in
a small village with his wife he had no
work in the village and soon he had no
money even to buy food so one day he
made a decision and said to his wife
I should not stay here any longer there
is no work here I must try my luck in
the big city just might be able to get a
decent job there the shoemaker reached
the big city he would roam the streets
calling out get new shoes maid get new
shoes maid or get your old shoes to look
just like new ones or simply get shiny
new ones get new shoes maid get new
shoes made the shoemaker got no work on
the first day the next day he roamed the
streets of the big city again calling
out get new shoes maid get shoes made a
woman called out to him mr. shoemaker
and these shoes plays sure madam the
shoemaker sat at the door of the house
and stitched up those shoes here my lady
the shoes are ready how much one copper
coin here you go he took the money and
left as soon as he entered the next
street another woman called out to him
and asked him to repair some shoes
here are some pairs of shoes please may
and loom the shoemaker mended the shoes
took the money and left
I have made quite a bit of money today I
keep working like this I shall soon have
enough money to buy it donkey he worked
very hard and after a few days he had
earned four gold coins
he bought a donkey with two of them and
decided to return home the next day he
packed all his stuff and left for home
on his way he passed through a jungle
where he saw a band of thieves God saved
me these thieves will take away all my
money and I shall become poor once again
what do I do
the shoemaker was very clever he did not
lose heart and thought of a plan he tied
one gold coin to the neck of the donkey
and walked ahead the thieves caught him
we tell your money come on quick see I
am a poor cobbler
I have nothing other than this donkey
please let me go as soon as it heard
this the donkey brayed and the gold
coins fell from its neck to the ground
really and where did you get this gold
coin from
you lie to us store stop all right I
shall tell you this donkey creates gold
this is how I get all my money all right
Celes this donkey we shall let you go no
not at all if I sell it I shall be left
with nothing
we shall give you 50 gold coins for this
fine but be careful to keep the donkey
with each of you for one day in turn or
else you will end up fighting for the
money
the shoemaker sold the donkey and
returned home he was very happy to have
got the gold coins with the money he
bought a poultry farm meanwhile the
thieves too had reached their hideout
with the donkey their chief said to all
of them being the chief of this gang I
shall be the first to keep the donkey
with me the thieves obeyed their chief
and that night the chief slept in the
stable with the donkey he wanted to take
the money as soon as he awoke the next
morning when he got up he saw there was
nothing in the stable he searched the
entire stable but he found nothing he
realized that the cobbler had fooled
them meanwhile another thief got there
chief you got the gold tell us how many
coins hey donkey created you will find
out for yourself when you keep the
donkey with you tonight the chief said
nothing to anyone for he wanted to make
sure that he had not made a mistake one
by one all the thieves kept the donkey
with them but none of them got a thing
all of them understood that they had
been fooled
the chief called a meeting that you
maker has fooled us he will teach him a
lesson he sold us it's ordinary donkey
for 50 gold coins we shall take our
money back from him and punish him for
daring to dupe us
yes let's go they leave for the
shoemakers home he was working in the
farm he saw the thieves coming he rushed
inside the house and said to his wife
listen carefully when the thieves get
here and ask for me tell them that I am
working in the farm and then send our
dog Milo to call me saying this he hid
behind his house a little while later
that thieves got there where is that
shoemaker call him we wish to speak to
him he is gone to the farms let me send
the dog to call for him mallow don't
call get me Esther tell him that some
people have come to see him what is all
this well I don't really get your
husband to come here sure he understands
everything whenever I need to speak to
him while he is at the farm I simply
send my love to him and Milo delivers my
message when the thieves were talking to
the shoemakers wife the shoemaker
arrived oh it's you
Milo told me that you wish to speak with
me we got nothing from the donkey you
cheated us lied to us
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listen I am sure you've made a mistake
whatever I have it is because of the
donkey all right we believe you but you
will have to sell us this dog too no not
at all I cannot sell it
we shall pay you 40 gold coins for it
after refusing a bit the shoemaker
agreed to sell them the dog the thieves
took Milo and left when they reached the
cave the chief announced that he would
be the first to keep the dog with him
the others obeyed him and left the chief
called his daughter Camilla
listen Camilla I am going off to work if
anyone comes to ask for me send Milo to
call me as you say father some time
later a man came there and asked the
Chiefs daughter to call her father
please wait I shall send for him at once
mallow go tell father that someone is
here to meet him milo ran away from our
chief's home and instead of going to the
chief thief he went straight to the
shoemaker when the thief returned home
in the evening he saw that Milo was not
there
he realized that Milo must have gone
back to his master so he went to the
shoemakers house listen as Milo come to
you yes here he is I think he must have
been missing me give him a little time
eventually he will start accepting you
as his master the chief took Milo back
with him and gave him to one of his
comrades the next day Milo stayed with
all the members of the gang one by one
but each day he would return to the
shoemaker everyone realized that they
had been cheated once again they
discussed this time we shall not be
fooled
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it's that you make our lesson this time
they reached the shoemaker's house they
did not pay heed to anything the
shoemaker had to say they put him in a
sack and left to teach him a lesson
the shoemaker lay in the sack quietly on
their way they passed by a church one of
the thieves said please it is really hot
let us rest for a while in the church we
can surely wait till evening to do the
work they left him there and all of them
went inside the church this church was
on top of the hill a swineherd was
passing by but he heard the swineherd
spoil an idea struck the shoemaker and
he started shouting loudly I won't do it
I won't do it leave me let me go the
swineherd heard the shoemakers voice and
he came rewards in life
he asked the shoemaker not wait what
happened
won't you not do who put you in that
sack they want to get me married to the
king's daughter but I do not want to get
married why make you crazy and I've been
in your place I would have definitely
got married to that princess if that is
the case come I shall put you in the
sack go and marry the princess really of
course but first let me out the
swineherd let the shoemaker out of the
sack and himself got inside it the
shoemaker tied him up and taking his big
got away from there the thieves came out
of the church in the evening took the
sack and left listen
let's throw him here in the mud this
will teach him a lesson
the thieves throw him in the mud and
depart from there while returning up
they saw the shoemaker on the road and
they were shot how did you get here
there was a magical place beneath that
mud there is a lot of gold and the
guards of that gold are these pigs I
came out with the help and brought some
gold with me too
just going back to sleep there wait take
us to that magical place beware dare you
even touch the gold but I do as we say
all right if you insist the gang of
thieves reach the spot with the
shoemaker if you want the gold then you
must lock yourselves in the sack all
thieves hide themselves in the sack the
cobbler through all of them in the mud
and then left the pigs on them Hey you
sold us again hey brother get us out he
will not bother you further do not leave
us like this please the thieves kept
shouting the pigs lips the thieves
seeing this the shoemaker laughed and
went to his house thereafter lived
peacefully and happily with his wife