098 精灵和鞋匠

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A long time ago, there lived a kind shoemaker and his wife

很久以前，住着一位善良的鞋匠和他的妻子。

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They were very poor

他们非常贫穷。

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They had no money to buy wood for their fire and no food to eat

他们没有钱买柴火，也没有食物可吃。

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One night before going to bed, Henry the shoemaker cut his last piece of leather

一天晚上睡觉前，鞋匠亨利裁剪了最后一块皮革。

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Henry said," I will make shoes tomorrow morning."

亨利说：“我明天早上来做鞋子。”

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In the middle of the night, two little elves climbed up on the workbench

半夜，两个小精灵爬上了工作台。

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Shoes, shoes, shoes!

鞋子，鞋子，鞋子！

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Snip, snip, snip!

咔嚓，咔嚓，咔嚓！

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We cut the leather to fit, fit, fit! they sang

他们唱道：“我们剪裁皮革，合脚，合脚，合脚！”

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The elves made a pretty pair of shoes with the leather

精灵们用皮革做了一双漂亮的鞋子。

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The next morning, Henry saw the shoes and was surprised

第二天早上，亨利看到鞋子，很惊讶。

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" Mary, come quick!

“玛丽，快来！

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Look at this wonderful pair of shoes!"

看看这双精美的鞋子！”

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" Who has made these beautiful shoes?" his wife wondered

“这些漂亮的鞋子是谁做的？”他妻子感到疑惑。

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That day, a rich woman tried the shoes on

那天，一位富有的女士试穿了这双鞋。

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" I love them and they fit perfectly," she said

“我喜欢这双鞋，而且非常合脚，”她说。

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The rich woman paid for the shoes

富有的女士付了鞋钱。

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With the money, Henry bought firewood and food

亨利用这些钱买了柴火和食物。

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He also bought leather to make more shoes

他还买了皮革，准备做更多鞋子。

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Henry the shoemaker cut leather for four more pairs of shoes

鞋匠亨利又剪裁了能做四双鞋的皮革。

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He left it on his workbench, and then he and Mary went to bed

他把皮料留在工作台上，然后和玛丽上床睡觉了。

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Once again, the little elves visited Henry's shop and went busily to work

小精灵们又一次来到亨利的店铺，开始忙碌地工作起来。

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They worked late into the night

他们一直工作到深夜。

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Shoes, shoes, shoes!

鞋子，鞋子，做鞋子！

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Snip, snip, snip!

咔嚓，咔嚓，咔嚓嚓！

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We cut the leather to fit, fit, fit! they sang

我们剪裁皮料，要合脚，合脚，合脚！他们唱道。

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The very next morning, Henry and his wife found four pairs of shoes!

第二天一早，亨利和妻子就发现了四双鞋子！

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They were very surprised again

他们又一次大吃一惊。

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Many people came and bought their wonderfully made shoes

很多人前来买走了他们制作精美的鞋子。

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Mary said," We must wake up one of these nights and find out who is helping us."

玛丽说：“我们哪天夜里必须醒着，看看到底是谁在帮我们。”

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Late one night, the shoemaker and his wife peeked around the door

一天深夜，鞋匠和妻子从门后偷偷张望。

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They saw the two happy elves making shoes!

他们看到了两个快乐的小精灵在做鞋子！

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The next morning, Mary said to her husband

第二天早上，玛丽对丈夫说：

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" Did you see their bare feet and their old clothing?

“你看到他们光着的脚丫和破旧的衣服了吗？

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They are so poor!"

他们太穷了！”

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Henry said," It would be easy for us to make little shoes for their feet and clothes for their bodies."

亨利说：“我们给他们做几双小鞋子、做几件小衣服，是很容易的事。”

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So the shoemaker and his wife made tiny little shoes and tiny little clothes

于是，鞋匠和妻子做了些非常小巧的鞋子和衣服。

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They put them on the table

他们把东西放在了桌子上。

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That night, they hid behind the door and waited for the elves to come

那天晚上，他们躲在门后，等着小精灵们到来。

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" Wow, look at these!" the little elves cried

“哇，快看这个！”小精灵们叫了起来。

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" They are so beautiful!"

“真漂亮啊！”

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The elves sang a little song about their good fortune

小精灵们为自己的好运唱起了一首短歌。

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We helped them and they helped us

我们帮了他们，他们也帮了我们。

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There wasn't any real fuss!

大家都别提多高兴！

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When you are down, we can make you smile

当你失意时，我们能让你开怀。

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And you can help too, in a little while!

过不了多久，你也能伸出援手来！

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After that night, the elves did not come back, but Henry and Mary knew their good fortune

那晚之后，小精灵们没再出现，但亨利和玛丽明白了什么是好运。

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Now the shoemaker and his wife always had food and good customers to buy their shoes

从此，鞋匠和妻子再也没断过吃食和买鞋的好主顾。