Editor: Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, and William Byron Forbush   The Elves and the Shoemaker is the classic kid's story where a poor but honest shoemaker struggles to make his living but had just enough money to buy leather for one more pair of shoes. That evening he runs into some good luck when two elves decide to pay him a visit at midnight. Every morning he would find his work neatly done. Slowly the buyers started to pay him more and he becomes quite well to do. When he found out about the little helping hands and as his stars had now changed for good, the honest shoemaker doesn't forget to pay back his beneficiaries. The English story teaches us about honesty and being thankful to someone when they help you.