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Narrator - เดเดฅเดชเดฑเด്เดിเดฒുเดാเดฐเตป
Shoemaker - เดെเดฐുเดช്เดชുเดുเดค്เดคി
Shoemaker’s wife - เดെเดฐുเดช്เดชുเดുเดค്เดคിเดฏുเดെ เดญാเดฐ്เดฏ
Mr Thomas Boot - เดฎിเดธ്เดฑ്เดฑเตผ เดคോเดฎเดธ് เดฌൂเด്เด് (เดെเด്เดിเด เดเดเดฎ)
Customer 1 - เดเดชเดญോเด്เดคാเดต് 1
Customer 2 - เดเดชเดญോเด്เดคാเดต് 2
Customer 3 - เดเดชเดญോเด്เดคാเดต് 3
Two Elves - เดฐเดฃ്เด് เดുเด്เดിเด്เดാเดค്เดคเดจ്เดฎാเตผ
Scene I
The shoemaker’s home. A large table which the shoemaker works at and a chair by it. On the table are scattered a knife, two hammers, four chisels, a few needles and a few pieces of leather. There is a large cupboard behind the table. The shoemaker is seated at the table and his wife is beside him. The narrator enters from the right side of the stage.)
Narrator: Hi friends! Do you know why I am here? I have a story to tell you. Once there lived a shoemaker and his wife in a little house on the edge of a wood. They were very, very poor and each day they grew poorer and poorer. At last there was nothing left in the house but leather for just one pair of shoes.
(The narrator exits.)
Shoemaker: No customer comes to us.
Shoemaker’s wife: Our trade is failing. How shall we live?
(A knock is heard on the door.)
Shoemaker: It might be a customer.
Shoemaker’s wife: At this hour?
(She opens the door. The owner of the shop, Mr Thomas Boot enters.)
Shoemaker: Good evening, sir. Please sit down.
Mr Boot: I’m here not to sit. You owe me a hundred pounds in rent.
Shoemaker’s wife: We’ll pay you in a month’s time. Please be kind to us.
Mr Boot: Be kind? Not a chance. That’s not my way.
Shoemaker: You’ve no heart sir!
Mr Boot: Pay up your rent in two weeks, or I will close down your shop.
(Mr Boot exits.)
Shoemaker’s wife: We have to work hard. We must not lose our shop. We’ve to make more shoes.
Shoemaker: (sadly) That’s what we cannot do. This leather will make just a pair of shoes. Tomorrow I will stitch it all together. I’m tired. I must sleep. Let’s go to bed.
(They exit.)
(Black out)
Elves = เดുเด്เดിเด്เดാเดค്เดคเดจ്เดฎാเตผ
Scattered = เดിเดคเดฑിเด്เดിเดเด്เดുเดจ്เดจു
Toys and books were scattered around the room.
Hammer = เดുเดฑ്เดฑിเด
She took a hammer and knocked a hole in the wall.
Chisel = เดเดณി
She chiselled a figure out of the marble.
Needle = เดธൂเดി
Here, your eyes are better than mine - could you thread this needle for me?
Beside = เด เดฐിเดെ
Our school was built right beside a river.
Enter = เดช്เดฐเดตേเดถിเด്เดുเด
The police entered the building through the side door.
Exit = เดชുเดฑเดค്เดคുเดชോเดตുเด
We headed for the nearest exit.
Edge = เด เดฐിเด്
He put pink icing around the edge of the cake.
Wood = เดคเดി
He gathered some wood to build a fire.
Poor = เดชാเดตเดช്เดชെเด്เด
He came from a poor immigrant family.
Trade = เดต്เดฏാเดชാเดฐം / เดเด്เดเดตเดം
The country's trade in manufactured goods has expanded in the last ten years.
Fail = เดชเดฐാเดเดฏเดช്เดชെเดുเด
This method of growing tomatoes never fails.
Knock = เดฎുเด്เดുเด
She knocked on the window to attract his attention.
Owner = เดเดเดฎ
He's now the proud owner of a cottage in Wales.
Owe = เดฌാเดง്เดฏเดค
Exactly how much do we owe?
Pound = เดจാเดฃเดฏം (เดฌ്เดฐിเด്เดเดจിเดฒെ เดจാเดฃเดฏം)
Rent = เดตാเดเด
How much rent do you pay for this place?
Stitch = เดคുเดจ്เดจുเด
Try to keep the stitches small and straight.
Q 01:- What do you think is the reason for the troubles of the shoemaker?
The shoemaker is basically poor. They do not have money to buy leather to make more shoes.
Q 02 :- Do you think the shoemaker will be able to pay the rent in two weeks time? How?
No, He will not able to pay the rent in two weeks time.
