Bobby and Betty with the workers

by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

BOBBY AND BETTY GO TO THE SHOE STORE

“Dear me, dear me!” said Mother one night at bedtime when she looked at Bobby’s shoes.

“What’s the matter, Mother?” asked Bobby.

“How do you wear out your shoes so fast?” asked Mother. “These shoes are not fit to wear.”

“I’ll take them to the shoemaker,” said Bobby. “He’ll mend them.”

“They are past mending,” said Mother. “You must wear your other shoes every day, and we will go to the shoe store and buy a new pair.”

“May I have a new pair?” asked Betty.

“Let me see your shoes,” said Mother.