00:00The Clever Shoemaker
00:04This is the story of a poor shoemaker
00:07who used to stay in a small village with his wife.
00:11He had no work in the village,
00:14and soon he had no money even to buy food.
00:18So one day he made a decision and said to his wife,
00:22I should not stay here any longer.
00:25There is no work here.
00:27I must try my luck in the big city.
00:30Just might be able to get a decent job there.
00:33The shoemaker reached the big city.
00:36He would roam the streets calling out,
00:39Get new shoes made!
00:41Get new shoes made!
00:43Or get your old shoes to look just like new ones!
00:46Or simply get shiny new ones!
00:49Get new shoes made!
00:51Get new shoes made!
00:53Get new shoes made!
00:57The shoemaker got no work on the first day.
01:01The next day, he roamed the streets of the big city again calling out,
01:07Get new shoes made!
01:09Get shoes made!
01:12A woman called out to him,
01:15Mr. Shoemaker, may I have these shoes, please?
01:18Sure, madam.
01:20The shoemaker sat at the door of the house and stitched up those shoes.
01:26Here, my lady, the shoes are ready.
01:29How much?
01:30One copper coin.
01:32Here you go.
01:34He took the money and left.
01:37As soon as he entered the next street,
01:39another woman called out to him and asked him to repair some shoes.
01:45Here are some pairs of shoes.
01:47Please, madam.
01:49The shoemaker mended the shoes, took the money and left.
01:55I have made quite a bit of money today.
01:58If I keep working like this, I shall soon have enough money to buy a donkey.
02:04He worked very hard and after a few days he had earned four gold coins.
02:10He bought a donkey with two of them and decided to return home.
02:16The next day he packed all his stuff and left for home.
02:21On his way, he passed through a jungle where he saw a band of thieves.
02:27God save me!
02:29These thieves will take away all my money and I shall become poor once again.
02:34What do I do?
02:36The shoemaker was very clever.
02:39He did not lose heart and thought of a plan.
02:43He tied one gold coin to the neck of the donkey and walked ahead.
02:48The thieves caught him.
02:51Out with all your money! Come on, quick!
02:55See? I am a poor cobbler.
02:58I have nothing other than this donkey.
03:00Please let me go.
03:02As soon as it heard this,
03:04the donkey brayed and the gold coin fell from its neck to the ground.
03:09Really? Then where did you get this gold coin from?
03:13How dare you lie to us!
03:16Stop! Stop!
03:18All right, I shall tell you.
03:20This donkey creates gold.
03:22This is how I get all my money.
03:25All right.
03:27Sell us this donkey and we shall let you go.
03:31No, not at all.
03:33If I sell it, I shall be left with nothing.
03:37We shall give you 50 gold coins for this.
03:41Fine, but be careful to keep the donkey with each of you for one day in turn,
03:47or else you will end up fighting for the money.
03:50The shoemaker sold the donkey and returned home.
03:54He was very happy to have got the gold coins.
03:58With the money, he bought a poultry farm.
04:01Meanwhile, the thieves, too, had reached their hideout with the donkey.
04:06Their chief said to all of them,
04:08Being the chief of this gang, I shall be the first to keep the donkey with me.
04:14The thieves obeyed their chief,
04:17and that night the chief slept in the stable with the donkey.
04:21He wanted to take the money as soon as he awoke.
04:24The next morning when he got up, he saw there was nothing in the stable.
04:29He searched the entire stable, but he found nothing.
04:33He realized that the cobbler had fooled them.
04:37Meanwhile, another thief got there.
04:40Chief, you got the gold!
04:42Tell us, how many coins has the donkey created?
04:47You will find out for yourself when you keep the donkey with you tonight.
04:52The chief said nothing to anyone,
04:55for he wanted to make sure that he had not made a mistake.
04:59One by one, all the thieves kept the donkey with them,
05:03but none of them got a thing.
05:05All of them understood that they had been fooled.
05:09The chief called a meeting.
05:11That shoemaker has fooled us.
05:13We will teach him a lesson.
05:16He sold us this ordinary donkey for 50 gold coins.
05:21We shall take our money back from him and punish him for daring to dupe us.
05:27Yes, let's go!
05:29They leave for the shoemaker's home.
05:32He was working in the farm.
05:34He saw the thieves coming.
05:36He rushed inside the house and said to his wife,
05:40Listen carefully.
05:42When the thieves get here and ask for me,
05:45tell them that I am working in the farm,
05:47and then send our dog Milo to call me.
05:50Saying this, he hid behind his house.
05:53A little while later, the thieves got there.
05:57Where is that shoemaker?
05:59Call him.
06:00We wish to speak to him.
06:04He has gone to the farm.
06:06Let me send the dog to call for him.
06:08Milo, go and call your master.
06:11Tell him that some people have come to see him.
06:15What is all this?
06:17Will Milo really get your husband to come here?
06:20Sure, he understands everything.
06:23Whenever I need to speak to him while he is at the farm,
06:26I simply send Milo to him and Milo delivers my message.
06:32When the thieves were talking to the shoemaker's wife,
06:35the shoemaker arrived.
06:38Oh, it's you.
06:40Milo told me that you wish to speak with me.
06:43We got nothing from the donkey.
06:45You cheated us, lied to us.
06:49Listen, I am sure you have made a mistake.
06:52Whatever I have, it is because of the donkey.
06:56All right, we believe you.
06:58But you will have to sell us this dog too.
07:03No, not at all.
07:05I cannot sell it.
07:07We shall pay you 40 gold coins for it.
07:12After refusing a bit,
07:14the shoemaker agreed to sell them the dog.
07:18The thieves took Milo and left.
07:21When they reached the cave,
07:23the chief announced that he would be the first to keep the dog with him.
07:27The others obeyed him and left.
07:31The chief called his daughter Camilla.
07:34Listen, Camilla.
07:36I am going off to work.
07:38If anyone comes to ask for me,
07:40send Milo to call me.
07:45As you say, father.
07:48Some time later, a man came there
07:51and asked the chief's daughter to call her father.
07:55Please wait.
07:56I shall send for him at once.
07:58Milo, go tell father that someone is here to meet him.
08:03Milo ran away from the chief's home
08:06and instead of going to the chief thief,
08:08he went straight to the shoemaker.
08:11When the thief returned home in the evening,
08:14he saw that Milo was not there.
08:17He realized that Milo must have gone back to his master,
08:21so he went to the shoemaker's house.
08:24Listen, has Milo come to you?
08:27Yes, here he is.
08:29I think he must have been missing me.
08:31Give him a little time.
08:33Eventually, he will start accepting you as his master.
08:38The chief took Milo back with him
08:41and gave him to one of his comrades the next day.
08:44Milo stayed with all the members of the gang one by one,
08:48but each day he would return to the shoemaker.
08:51Everyone realized that they had been cheated once again.
08:55They discussed.
08:57This time we shall not be fooled.
09:00I shall teach that shoemaker a lesson.
09:03This time they reached the shoemaker's house.
09:06They did not pay heed to anything the shoemaker had to say.
09:10They put him in a sack and left to teach him a lesson.
09:17The shoemaker lay in the sack quietly.
09:21On their way, they passed by a church.
09:24One of the thieves said,
09:26Thief! It is really hot.
09:29Let us rest for a while in the church.
09:32We can surely wait till evening to do the work.
09:36They left him there,
09:38and all of them went inside the church.
09:41This church was on top of a hill.
09:44A swineherd was passing by.
09:47When he heard the swineherd's voice,
09:49an idea struck the shoemaker,
09:52and he started shouting loudly.
09:55I won't do it! I won't do it!
09:58Let me go! Let me go!
10:00The swineherd heard the shoemaker's voice,
10:03and he came towards him.
10:05He asked the shoemaker,
10:08Mate, what happened?
10:10What will you not do?
10:12Who put you in that sack?
10:15They want to get me married to the king's daughter,
10:18but I do not want to get married.
10:20Why, mate? Are you crazy?
10:23Had I been in your place,
10:25I definitely got married to that princess.
10:29If that is the case, come,
10:31I shall put you in the sack.
10:33Go and marry the princess.
10:35Really?
10:36Of course, but first let me out.
10:41The swineherd let the shoemaker out of the sack,
10:44and himself got inside it.
10:47The shoemaker tied him up,
10:49and taking his pigs, got away from there.
10:52The thieves came out of the church in the evening,
10:55took the sack, and left.
10:57Listen, let's throw him here in the mud.
11:00This will teach him a lesson.
11:03The thieves throw him in the mud and depart from there.
11:07While returning, they saw the shoemaker on the road,
11:10and they were shocked.
11:12How did you get here?
11:14There was a magical place beneath that mud.
11:17There is a lot of gold,
11:19and the guards of that gold are these pigs.
11:22I came out with the help and brought some gold with me too.
11:26Just going back to sleep there.
11:29Wait, take us to that magical place.
11:33Beware, dare you even touch the gold.
11:37But I do as we say.
11:41All right, if you insist.
11:44The gang of thieves reached the spot with the shoemaker.
11:49If you want the gold, then you must lock yourselves in the sack.
11:54All thieves tied themselves in the sack.
11:57The cobbler threw all of them in the mud,
12:00and then left the pigs on them.
12:03Hey, he fooled us again.
12:05Hey brother, get us out.
12:07We will not bother you further.
12:09Do not leave us like this.
12:11Please.
12:13The thieves kept shouting.
12:15The pigs licked the thieves.
12:17Seeing this, the shoemaker laughed and went to his house.
12:21Thereafter, lived peacefully and happily with his wife.
