Ivan Tsarevich saw a man happily walking by. “Who are you? Where are you going?”
“I am a shoemaker.” The happy man told Ivan. “I am taking my shoes to sell them.”
“Will you take me into your service?”
Ivan nodded. “Not only can I make shoes, I can also make clothes.”
The shoemaker brought Ivan to his home and gave Ivan some leather. “This is the best kind of leather there is. I want to see what you can do with it.”
Ivan took the leather to his room and then took out his whistle and blew on it.
Lame and Crooked appeared before him. “What do you wish?”
“I want to have shoes ready by tomorrow.”
Ivan took the leather piece that the shoemaker had given him and gave it to Lame and Crooked.
Lame and Crooked frowned. “What is this?”
“The leather to make the shoe.”
Lame and Crooked looked unhappy. “This leather is trash. Throw it out the window. I will make the best shoes by tomorrow.”
The next morning when Ivan Tsarevich woke up, he saw the most beautiful shoes ever.
Ivan took it and went to the shoemaker.
The shoemaker was stunned when he saw the shoes. “These are wonderful.”
The shoemaker took these shoes to the market to sell them.
Adapted from Russian Folktales
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