The Red Shoes (4)

The Red Shoes (4)

  The old lady took her to the finest shoemaker in the nearby town and he measured hrs little foots. Glass cabinets filled with the most elegant shoes and boots covered the walls of his shop.

  But the old lady's eyesight was so poor that she didn't get much out of looking at the display.

  Karen did ; between two pairs of boots stood a pair of red shoes just like the ones the princess had worn. Oh, how beautiful they were !

  The shoemaker said that they had been made for the daughter of a count but that they hadn't fitted her.

  " I think they are patent leather, " remarked the old lady.

  " They shines "

  " Yes, they shine ! " sighed Karen as she tried them on.

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