“Whatever can we do to thank them?”said the shoemaker.
“They must be cold without any clothes,” said his wife. “I'll make them each a warm coat and a pair of trousers, and knit them some woolen socks.”
“And I'll make them some shoes from the very softest leathther I can buy.”said the shoemaker.
It took hours to cut out and sew such tiny things,but by the next night everything was ready. the shoemaker and his wife laid the clothes and shoes out neatly on the workbench. Then they hid in the corner and waited.
As the clock struck midnight, the elves came running in. They jumped up and down with excitement at the sight of the little coats and trousers, the woolen socks and soft leather shoes, and pulled them on and danced about the room.
Then they ran out of the door and that was the last that was ever seen of them. But the shoemaker always had work, and he ang his wife lived happily for the rest of their lives.

“我们能做任何的事情来感谢他们吗？”鞋匠说。
“没有衣服，他们一定很冷。”他的妻子说。“我会给他们每人做一件温暖的外套和一条裤子，再给他还织一些绵袜子。”
“而我会用这些我买到的非常柔软的皮革给他们做些鞋子”鞋匠说。
剪和缝这些小东西花了几个小时，但第二天晚上之前，一切都准备好了。鞋匠和他们妻子把衣服和鞋整齐地放在工作台上。然后他们躲在角落处等待。
午夜的钟声响起了，侏儒们跑进来。他们看见小外套和裤子，绵袜和软革鞋时，激动地上下跳着并穿上它们在房间里起舞。
他们可以跑到门外，而那就是鞋匠夫妇最后看见的东西。但鞋匠总是有工作要做，他和他的妻子快乐地度过他们的余生。