The Elves and the Shoemaker one piece of leather left. Exercise 1 Read the following story. Pick out the Adjectives and state their kinds. There was once a shoemaker who was very poor although he was a master craftsman. Every day he seeme poorer. In the end he sold so few shoes that he had no money to buy leather to make new ones. Finally he That night he set out the leather and with a sigh, left it on his workbench, ready to stitch up into the last pairs in the moming. As he went upstairs to bed, he could only think that if a miracle didn't happen he would have his shop The next morning when he opened his workroom door he saw something extraordinary. On his bench sto most beautifully made pair of shoes. He turned them round in his hands. He couldn't have made them himself That morning a rich man walked past the shop. He saw the pair of shoes and liked them so much that he was (1 to pay twice what the shoemaker asked Now the shoemaker had enough money to buy leather for two more pairs of shoes. That evening he cut the and left them on his workbench. To his great joy , the leather had been stitched up into two beautiful pairs of He now sold them for enough money to buy leather for four pairs of shoes Soon the shoemaker's little shop became so famous that rich ladies and gentlemen from all over the country to see what he had to sell. The shoemaker was a kind-hearted man and he said to his wife, 'Let's stay downstairs with the light off and see comes." So instead of going to bed, they hid behind the workroom door. As midnight struck from the tower of the Parish church, the shoemaker's wife nudged her husband. Two tiny dressed in rags were climbing up onto the workbench. They seized their tools and began. Long before dawn finished their work and slipped away The next morning, over breakfast, the shoemaker's wife said, "Think how cold those poor little creatures must been! Their feet were bare and their clothes were just rags. Let's make them a present to say Thank you for al work they've done for us." The shoemaker agreed. That night they left the finest clothes and shoes which they had made for the elves on workbench At midnight, the elves appeared again. At first they seemed puzzled to find no shoes to stitch. They saw presents left for them and were filled with immense joy. They wore their tiny clothes and shoes and dance around the room. With their own wish they left the room, ran out of the door and across the Churchyard. The shoemaker was sad to see them go but could hardly complain. They left some magic chain behind te couple. This brought them luck for the rest of their lives.
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There was once a shoemaker who was very poor although he was a master craftsman. Every day he seeme poorer. In the end he sold so few shoes that he had no money to buy leather to make new ones. Finally he That night he set out the leather and with a sigh, left it on his workbench, ready to stitch up into the last pairs in the moming. As he went upstairs to bed, he could only think that if a miracle didn't happen he would have his shop The next morning when he opened his workroom door he saw something extraordinary. On his bench sto most beautifully made pair of shoes. He turned them round in his hands. He couldn't have made them himself That morning a rich man walked past the shop. He saw the pair of shoes and liked them so much that he was (1 to pay twice what the shoemaker asked Now the shoemaker had enough money to buy leather for two more pairs of shoes. That evening he cut the and left them on his workbench. To his great joy , the leather had been stitched up into two beautiful pairs of He now sold them for enough money to buy leather for four pairs of shoes Soon the shoemaker's little shop became so famous that rich ladies and gentlemen from all over the country to see what he had to sell. The shoemaker was a kind-hearted man and he said to his wife, 'Let's stay downstairs with the light off and see comes." So instead of going to bed, they hid behind the workroom door. As midnight struck from the tower of the Parish church, the shoemaker's wife nudged her husband. Two tiny dressed in rags were climbing up onto the workbench. They seized their tools and began. Long before dawn finished their work and slipped away The next morning, over breakfast, the shoemaker's wife said, "Think how cold those poor little creatures must been! Their feet were bare and their clothes were just rags. Let's make them a present to say Thank you for al work they've done for us." The shoemaker agreed. That night they left the finest clothes and shoes which they had made for the elves on workbench At midnight, the elves appeared again. At first they seemed puzzled to find no shoes to stitch. They saw presents left for them and were filled with immense joy. They wore their tiny clothes and shoes and dance around the room. With their own wish they left the room, ran out of the door and across the Churchyard. The shoemaker was sad to see them go but could hardly complain. They left some magic chain behind te couple. This brought them luck for the rest of their lives.
*Underlined are the adjectives in the story.
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what did the shoemaker's wife say to him at night?