At evening he cut out the shoes which he intended to
begin upon the next morning, and since he had a good conscience, he
lay down quietly, said his prayers, and fell asleep.
In the morning when he had prayed, as usual, and was preparing to
sit down to work, he found the pair of shoes standing finished on his
table. He was amazed, and could not understand it in the least.
He took the shoes in his hand to examine them more closely. They were
so neatly sewn that not a stitch was out of place, and were as good
as the work of a master-hand.
Soon after a purchaser came in, and as he was much pleased with the
shoes, he paid more than the ordinary price for them, so that the
shoemaker was able to buy leather for two pairs with the money.
He cut them out in the evening, and next day, with fresh courage was
about to go to work; but he had no need to, for when he got up, the
shoes were finished, and buyers were not lacking. These gave him so
much money that he was able to buy leather for four pairs of shoes.
Early next morning he found the four pairs finished, and so it went
on; what he cut out at evening was finished in the morning, so that he
was soon again in comfortable circumstances, and became a well-to-do
man.
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