ONCE upon a time there were two girls who lived with their mother and father. Their father had no work, and the girls wanted to go away and seek their fortunes. Now one girl wanted to go to service... [+]

A shoemaker, by no fault of his own, had become so poor that at last he had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes.
So in the evening, he cut out the shoes which he wished to begin to... [+]