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"The Elves and the Shoemaker" is an often copied and re-made 1806 story about a poor shoemaker who receives much-needed help from elves. The original story is the first of three fairy tales, contained as entry 39 in the German ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' under the common title "Die Wichtelmänner". In her translation of 1884 Margaret Hunt chose ''The Elves'' as title for these three stories.〔("Household Tales by brothers Grimm" at gutenberg.org )〕 The Aarne-Thompson folklore classification system categorizes the story as type 503 *: Helpful Elves 〔Heidi Anne Heiner, "(Tales Similar to the Elves and the Shoemaker )"〕 and also as a migratory legend, type 7015.〔D. L. Ashliman, "(The Elves )"〕 ==Plot summary== There are variations depending on the rendition of the story. * A poor shoemaker and his wife need money to pay the rent. He gives away the last pair of shoes he has to a needy lady. He has leather to make one more pair of shoes. He cuts out the pieces of leather, before going to bed, so that he can sew them into a pair of shoes on the morrow. Elves come in the night and make the pair of shoes which he sells for more than his asking price the next day. He uses that money to pay the rent, buy food and more shoe leather. He feeds a poor traveler. * He has just enough money to buy enough leather for two pairs of shoes. He cuts the pieces of leather for two pairs, and retires for the night. The elves come, again, that night and make two pairs of shoes with the additional leather. He gives away one pair to a needy person and sells the other pair to a referral from the first customer who is immensely satisfied. * He buys leather for three and stays up to find the elves making the shoes. The shoemaker and wife make clothes for the elves the next day, but the elves are freed when given clothes, so they leave, and the shoemaker and his wife never see them again. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Elves and the Shoemaker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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