He awoke in the middle of the night and crept downstairs to find a pair of elves making shoes in his workshop, which was odd because he wasn’t a cobbler.
He turned on the light and they froze, tools raised in their delicate fingers. Nobody said anything for a long time.
Finally he said, “Just clean up after yourselves and make sure the door’s locked when you leave.” He turned out the light. The elves resumed their work.
He never found out why the elves were there but they did leave him a beautiful pair of loafers.

“Belgium-5951 – Shoemakers Symbol” by archer10 (Dennis) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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