The Elves and the Shoemaker and Some BrightandShinyThings

Once upon a time, in a cottage hidden by tall pine trees,  there lived a shoemaker. He worked very hard and he was very honest but still, given the current economic conditions and the proliferation of WalMarts, he could not earn enough to live on.  At last, all he had in the world was gone, except for enough leather to make one final pair of shoes.The shoemaker cut out the leather so that he