THE SHOEMAKER'S APRON
THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO SITS NEAR THE GOLDEN GATE
THE SHOEMAKER'S APRON
There was once a shoemaker who made so little at his trade that his wife suffered and his children went hungry. In desperation he offered to sell his soul to a devil.
"How much do you want for your soul?" the devil asked him.
"I want work enough to give me a good livelihood," the shoemaker said, "so that my wife won't suffer nor my children starve."