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The same day a customer came in, and the shoes suited him so well

that he willingly paid a price higher than usual for them; and

the poor shoemaker, with the money, bought leather enough to make

two pairs more. In the evening he cut out the work, and went to

bed early, that he might get up and begin betimes next day; but

he was saved all the trouble, for when he got up in the morning

the work was done ready to his hand. Soon in came buyers, who

paid him handsomely for his goods, so that he bought leather

enough for four pair more. He cut out the work again overnight

and found it done in the morning, as before; and so it went on

for some time: what was got ready in the evening was always done

by daybreak, and the good man soon became thriving and well off

again.