BOBBY AND BETTY GO TO THE SHOEMAKER’S SHOP
“There’s a hole in my shoe,” said Bobby.
“There’s a hole in mine, too,” said Betty.
“Let me see your shoes, children,” said Mother.
Bobby and Betty showed Mother their shoes.
“Take off your shoes,” said Mother. “Put on your new shoes.”
Bobby went to the closet off his bedroom and took out his shoes and put them on.
Betty went to the closet off her bedroom and took out her shoes and put them on.
“Now take your old shoes to the shoemaker,” said Mother. “Ask him to mend them.”
Mother gave Bobby and Betty some money to pay the shoemaker.
They were soon at the door of his shop.
They stood and listened to the shoemaker’s hammer.
“Rap-a-tap-tap! Rap-a-tap-tap!” went the shoemaker’s hammer.
Bobby and Betty opened the door and went into the shop.
“Good morning,” said the shoemaker.
“Good morning, good morning,” said Bobby and Betty.
“What can I do for you today?” asked the shoemaker.
“Will you please mend my shoe?” asked Bobby.
“Will you please mend my shoe?” asked Betty.
“Yes, yes,” said the shoemaker. “I will mend your shoes.”
“Here are my shoes,” said Bobby.
The shoemaker looked at Bobby’s shoes.
He looked at Betty’s shoes.
Then “Rap-a-tap-tap! Rap-a-tap-tap!” went the shoemaker’s hammer.
Bobby and Betty watched the shoemaker work.
They kept time with his hammer.
It was not long before the shoes were mended.
“Here are your shoes,” said the shoemaker.
“Thank you,” said Bobby.
“Thank you,” said Betty.
Bobby and Betty paid the shoemaker for mending their shoes.
“Thank you,” said the shoemaker.
Then Bobby and Betty said, “Good-day,” and went home with their shoes.
For study and play:
Shoemaker, shoemaker, mend my shoe.
Give it one stitch, give it two;
Give it three, and give it four,
And if it needs it, give it more.
Stitch, stitch away with your needle.
Pull away hard with your thread.
Rub it with wax to the right and the left,
And knock the old peg in the head.
If I were a shoemaker,
’Twould be my pride
The best of all shoemakers to be.
