2. Why were people unwilling to see the cobbler in the morning?
Answers
Each morning at the break of sunrise now, the cobbler arose with the first crack of light and walked the grounds of the Reeves house, scattering the morning dew from the flowers and carefully digging where the fairy mushrooms indicated the caches of treasure were. Each horde only contained a handful of coins — it was after all a very poor village, but there were a great many caches.
Explanation:
Emil the cobbler wiped sweat from his brow as he tap-tapped a brass nail into a fine shoe. Far down the boulevard he could hear carriage wheels on cobblestone. He didn't get his hopes up, having heard them pa.ss & fade away on too many a day, while his children ran to peek, craning over the windowsill. I am a shoemaker, he thought, because there will always be a need for my services; all respect an honest man who does an honest day's work...
His main competition was a seller of less-worthy shoes, made in haste, not in love, his prices far lower. No matter, he